Monthly archives: May, 2006

Looking at F#

In my “copious spare time” over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been using the new F# language out of Microsoft Research. It looks great. The F# language has a rock-solid heritage, from the ML family of functional programming languages. So, you get higher-order functions, strong typing with type inference, parametric polymorphism, closures, datatypes, and …

Spicy Ghost

My supplies of the chilli-and-lime lager are getting lower now, and it’s also about time to lay something down for Spring. I was hoping to do a wheat beer, but my local supermarkets weren’t stocking those. Instead I’ve just put on a “wheat inspired” draught beer – Cascade’s Spicy Ghost. I added Coopers Brew Enhancer …