Microsoft Developing Functional Language Tools

With all this Lisp stuff going about, and X# in the semi-distant future, I decided to look on Microsoft''s Research site for any mention of Lisp. Their search function returns an error if I search for lisp, but a manual trawl brought up some reasonably interesting items. http://research.microsoft.com/research/downloads/ ------- F# Compiler Preview The F# compiler is an implementation of the ML programming language for .NET. F# is essentially an implementation of the core of the OCaml programming language (see http://caml.inria.fr). F#/OCaml/ML are mixed functional-imperative programming languages which are excellent for medium-advanced programmers and for teaching. In addition, you can access hundreds of .NET libraries using F#, and the F# code you write can be accessed from C# and other .NET languages. Please visit the F# Compiler Preview web site for more information. ------- Functional Reactive Animation Fran is a Haskell library (or "embedded language") for interactive animations with 2D and 3D graphics and sound. Please visit the Functional Reactive Animation web site for more information. -------