In addition to what Lee said, you can define reduce in terms of fold, but not (easily) the other way round: let reduce f list = match list with | head::tail -> List.fold f head tail | [] -> failwith “The list was empty!” The fact that fold takes an explicit initial value for the … Read more
Official entry point is here: Microsoft F# Developer Center For a quick taste, consider trying F# in your browser (Silverlight). (contains interactive tutorial walkthroughs) Start by watching videos and presentations (BTW, An Introduction to Microsoft F# by Luca Bolognese is still one of the best presentations on the subject). Then read the following two must-read … Read more