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		Nelkins on Sept 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Haskell? Pretty sure F# was created by Don Syme, not Erik Meijer.

jillesvangurp on Sept 13, 2024 [–]

You are right. My mistake. They both worked for Microsoft though and Erik Meijer did work on things like Linq, which was an important part of the F# ecosystem. Also his work seems to have inspired Don Syme.

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