Microsoft Bing Gets Performance Boost from .NET Core 2.1
After moving Microsoft search engine Bing to .NET Core 2.1, internal server latency dropped by 34%, writes Microsoft engineer Mukul Sabharwal, mostly thanks to improvements contributed by the .NET community.
First Look at .NET Core 3.0: C# 8, WPF, Windows Forms, and More
The next major version of .NET Core has recently entered Preview stage. .NET Core 3.0 will include support for building desktop apps using Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Forms (WinForms), Entity Framework (EF), ASP.NET Core 3.0, C# 8, and .NET Standard 2.1.
F# 4.6 Introduces Anonymous Record Types
The next release of F#, F# 4.6, will most notably bring anonymous record types and structs to the language, along with a few additions to the standard library.
F# 4.6 Released with Anonymous Records, Improved Performance
The most significant change in F# 4.6, now available with .NET Core 2.2, is the introduction of anonymous record types, which simplify the use of records in a number of contexts. Additionally, the F# compiler chain in Visual Studio 2019 has improved performance for medium-to-large size projects in several areas.