Re: Function minimization and random numbers

Jon Harrop <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Marc Gravell wrote:
Cheers for that; of course, it is double edged if "standard" .NET
consumers can't use the F# libs... but there we are ;-p

You can write libraries in F# that other languages can use but, of course,
you must avoid features (e.g. closures) that C# and VB lack.

In what way does C# lack closures? It supports them in the form of
delegates with captured variables etc. It may not be the same form that
F# uses, but that's not the same thing.

Hopefully Microsoft will hoist the generally-useful functionality currently
in F#'s stdlib out and put it into core .NET instead. This would give the
best of both worlds.

Indeed.

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