This is from september 2006 (in the dim past) but it ought to posted in the "Public Presentations" forum I guess.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=234632
Don Syme: Introduction to F#, Part 1
Posted by Charles // Wed, Sep 13, 2006 7:10 PM
"Mike Hall caught up with Don Syme recently and recorded a few interviews covering Don's favorite programming language: F#. F#???
"Don has done many great things over there in MSR Cambridge including creating everybody's favorite C# feature, Generics. Well, he also developed (with his team) the "research" programming language, F#.
"F# is a programming language that provides the much sought-after combination of type safety, performance and scripting, with all the advantages of running on a high-quality, well-supported modern runtime system."
(I was gladened to hear Don's Aussie accent -- and I thought he was English... )
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