On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Magnus Therning <magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I'm just starting to dip my toes in the mono waters. Slightly > prompted by my current situation at work. In particular I'm > interested in F#, but I'm finding the whole situation around > mono/monodevelop + F# a bit confusing. > > 1. There are indications online that mono ships with F# [^1][^2]. But > the mono package in Arch doesn't include F#. Looking at the > sources used to build the mono package there is no F# in sight. > Was it ever there? > > 2. The package on AUR[^3] for fsharp is rather outdated. Not such a > big problem, the building received a lot of TLC so the package is > extremely simple to bring up-to-date. > > 3. Is there an F# add-in for monodevelop? There seems to have been > one back in 2010, but it's not distributed any more, [^4]. > However, other places say there is an add-in available, [^5] > (however, downloading fails). > > So, can anyone help me get a clearer picture of F# on mono (and > ArchLinux)? > > /M > > [^1]: http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2010/Nov-11.html - talking of > plans to include F# in mono. > > [^2]: http://is.gd/cNC5xb- - "F# is included in the standard Mono > release, but it's still missing from the MonoDevelop IDE." > > [^3]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fsharp/ > > [^4]: http://is.gd/YndnsA- - bug on F# add-in missing, closed for MD > 2.4, the last comment suggests it'd be re-opened > > [^5]: http://is.gd/YndnsA- which links to > http://addins.monodevelop.com/Project/Index/48 > > -- > Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 > email: magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx jabber: magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx > twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus > > The results point out the fragility of programmer expertise: advanced > programmers have strong expectations about what programs should look like, > and when those expectations are violated--in seemingly innocuous > ways--their performance drops drastically. > -- Elliot Soloway and Kate Ehrlich > I had this running in Arch using the packages from the standard repositories several months ago (new system since then). I had to compile and install F# manually from [1]. If memory serves, I had to install an add-on/plug-in in mono develop for F# support to work. [1] https://github.com/fsharp/fsharp Thanks Squall -- Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why its called the present. Headmaster Squall :: The Wired/Section-9 Close the world txen eht nepo $3R14L 3XP3R1M3NT$ #L41N https://github.com/headmastersquall
