Chapter 1. Meet F#
Originally developed at Microsoft Research, Cambridge, F# is a functional-first, multi-paradigm language. In plain terms, that means that while F#’s syntax and constructs emphasize writing code that applies functions to data, it’s also a full-featured, object-oriented language with a few imperative constructs tossed in for good measure.
F# dates back to 2002, but the first major release didn’t appear until Microsoft made version 1.0 available in 2005. F# is descended from the ML language and was heavily inspired by OCaml in particular. Early in its development, the F# team strived to maintain syntactic compatibility with ML, but over time the language has diverged a bit. Gradually, F# has found its place as a first-class citizen ...
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