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POis F# to IronPython/IronRuby as C# is to VB.NET?
 

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    <p>I just listened to <a href="http://www.code-magazine.com/codecast/index.aspx?messageid=7feb501f-25c8-432a-9624-97082f1e75e8" rel="nofollow noreferrer">podcast of Chris Smith talking about F#</a> in which he talks about how F# is a language which allows you to <strong>approach problems in a different way</strong> than in C#/VB.NET, i.e. instead of "pushing bits around" you "chain together data transformations", and that how F# will "become like XML", something that you use in addition to your language of choice (C# or VB.NET) in order to solve certain problems in a more efficient way.</p> <p>This <strong>got me to thinking</strong> about the relationship of the .NET languages, here's how I understand them:</p> <ul> <li>C# and VB.NET are <strong>syntactically but not substantially different</strong>, i.e. a C# programmer would not learn VB.NET in order to "approach problems in a new way"</li> <li>however, a C# or VB.NET programmer would learn F# in order to "approach programming problems <strong>in a functional way</strong>"</li> </ul> <p>But what about <strong>IronPython</strong> and <strong>IronRuby</strong>? Chris mentioned that "F# learned a lot from Ruby and Python" so I would think that F# has a similar relationship to IronRuby/IronPython and C# has to VB.NET. However, a little googling around tells me that <strong>IronRuby and IronPython are both built on the DLR but F# is not</strong>.</p> <p><strong>How are the relationships between F#, IronRuby and IronPython to be best understood?</strong></p>
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    1. COF# has roots in OCaml which is far from IronPython and IronRuby... I don't see any *direct* relationships.
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    2. COIsn't IronPython (just) an implementation of Python in .NET? F# is a new language altogether....
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    3. COI think you mean Chris Smith not Chris Sells.
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