CHAPTER 3Introducing Functional Programming
F# is effective and productive primarily because it is built on the tried and tested constructs of functional programming. In this chapter, we cover the core building blocks of functional programming with F#, including simple types and function values, pattern matching, lists, options, and sequences, as well as how to declare some of your own simple types. We cover imperative programming, generics, and object-oriented programming in Chapters 4 through 6.
Getting Started with F# Arithmetic
We first cover the most common base types of data manipulated in F# code, beginning with the basics of F# arithmetic.
Basic Literals
Table 3-1 lists the basic numeric types used in F# code and their corresponding ...
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