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I have also heard that F# is gaining ground because VB.Net programmers can change their source code a bit/byte/module at a time, with 1/3 less the VB code.
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Casey Hawthorne
2009-03-19 01:45:16 UTC
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I have also heard that F# is gaining ground because VB.Net programmers
can change their source code a bit/byte/module at a time, with 1/3
less the VB code.

Is that true?
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Casey
George Neuner
2009-03-19 19:26:52 UTC
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On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:45:16 -0700, Casey Hawthorne
Post by Casey Hawthorne
I have also heard that F# is gaining ground because VB.Net programmers
can change their source code a bit/byte/module at a time, with 1/3
less the VB code.
Is that true?
It's not very likely. VB and F# are so far apart semantically that I
doubt many VB programmers would/could make the switch.

I don't see where F# is making significant inroads into general use
... I certainly don't see many (or any) listing for F# jobs on most of
the boards. The upward delta in total job listings appears high by
percentage, but the absolute numbers are very low.

George
Jon Harrop
2009-03-20 03:21:19 UTC
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Post by Casey Hawthorne
I have also heard that F# is gaining ground because VB.Net programmers
can change their source code a bit/byte/module at a time, with 1/3
less the VB code.
Is that true?
Possibly.

When people register their interest in our F#.NET Journal:

http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/fsharp_journal/register.html

we ask them to list the languages they currently use. Of 122 respondents, 66
said C# but only 12 said VB.NET.

So I think far more people are migrating from C# to F# rather than from
VB.NET to F#.
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Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd.
http://www.ffconsultancy.com/?u
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