>It may interest people to know that C# is to add inferred types,
>lambda expressions with limited type inference, some other functional
>features.  Unfortunately the only reference is a M$ Word document(!),
>but it's interesting reading nevertheless:
>
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/vcsharp/future/default.aspx
>
>Rich.


For that matter, F# has been around on the .NET platform for a little
while now.

http://research.microsoft.com/projects/ilx/fsharp.aspx

Of particular interest:

http://research.microsoft.com/projects/ilx/fsharp-language-compare.aspx


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