Book review: F# for Scientists

#1 08-04-2008, 10:47 AM

President and founder of DataSynapse, Jamie Bernardin, just published a
review of F# for Scientists on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/review/R14Z3F8...cm_cr_rdp_perm

Looks like I've done it again. :-)

--
Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy
http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/?u

#2 08-05-2008, 12:32 AM

On Aug 4, 7:47 am, Jon Harrop <j...@ffconsultancy.com> wrote:
> President and founder of DataSynapse, Jamie Bernardin, just published a
> review of F# for Scientists on Amazon:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/review/R14Z3F8...cm_cr_rdp_perm
>
> Looks like I've done it again. :-)
>

Congratulations on your first review! I think I read it somewhere,
perhaps on your blog even, that one of the main attractions of F#, as
opposed to most FPLs is the well-developed DLL market for .NET. Where
is that market? Is there an eBay for DLLs of sorts? IOW, if that was
you, [citation needed] please!

#3 08-05-2008, 08:17 PM

jhc0033@gmail.com wrote:
> On Aug 4, 7:47 am, Jon Harrop <j...@ffconsultancy.com> wrote:
>> http://www.amazon.com/review/R14Z3F8...cm_cr_rdp_perm
>
> Congratulations on your first review!

Thank you. :-)

> I think I read it somewhere,
> perhaps on your blog even, that one of the main attractions of F#, as
> opposed to most FPLs is the well-developed DLL market for .NET. Where
> is that market? Is there an eBay for DLLs of sorts? IOW, if that was
> you, [citation needed] please!

You can just write code and hit "compile to DLL" and sell the result, like
two of our products:

http://www.ffconsultancy.com/product...sualization/?u
http://www.ffconsultancy.com/product...or_numerics/?u

You can use PayPal for payment, Worldpay (as we do) or even E-Bay as you
suggest.

Our F# products do not make a lot of money (OCaml is still more lucrative
for us) but I believe that will change when F# is properly released.

--
Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy
http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/?u

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