. . .
> >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.

Does anyone have a sense of the extent to which F# is (could be) a
viable entry in the .NET arena, as opposed to an entertaining exercise?

 -- Bill Wood