I would love to try f# 3.0 but I only have visual studio 2010 professional. I know F# 3.0 comes installed with visual studio 2012 out of the box, but I’m not in a position where I can upgrade to vs2012 yet.
A recent msdn post by Don Syme hints that it can be used with visual studio 2010, but there doesn’t seem to be any resources or explanations at how this is possible.
Quoting the article:
…to use F# 3.0 in Visual Studio 2008 or Visual Studio 2010, including with the free tools, go to fsharp.net
But of course fsharp.net just goes to an msdn page that pushes visual studio 2012.
I’m also apparently not the only one who’s been asking about this if you look at the comments in the post.
Has anyone had any luck with this or do I need to use visual studio 2012 to use f# 3.0?
Well, I went straight to the source and tweeted at Don Syme my question. You cannot use f# 3.0 with visual studio 2010.