• f(x) = Hello_Word
• Type providers (strongly typed)
• Matching
• Options

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let hello = printf "Hello World"

Functional languages fundamentally don't model how your computer works. Harder to optimize.

• http://fsharp.org/
• http://fsharp3sample.codeplex.com/wikipage?Title=MicroSamples
• http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/F_Sharp_Programming
• http://fsharp.org/specs/language-spec/3.0/FSharpSpec-3.0-final.pdf
• http://www.mindscapehq.com/blog/index.php/2012/03/27/5-12-f-features-every-c-programmer-should-lust-after/
• MSDN Symbol and Operator Reference (F#)
• https://github.com/rookboom/SharpShaders/wiki/Why-write-shaders-in-F%23%3F
• http://www.quora.com/What-are-some-limitations-disadvantages-of-functional-programming
• http://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/site-contents/
• http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/kiwi/
• Ten things F# can do, and C# can't - Liam McLennan @ DDD Brisbane 2013