On Sep 27, 9:10 am, "Amarjeet Singh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Microsoft hired sometime back, Simon Peyton Jones, a Haskell pioneer, who
> supposedly is also behind F# [though, I am not sure 100% about this piece].

I believe the guy behind F# is Don Syme. SPJ has said he's "absolutely
delirious that Don’s done [F#], and that he’s been successfully
turning it into a product – in some ways because it takes the heat off
me, as now there is a functional language that is a Microsoft
product!"[1]

-- Matt

[1] http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1974033854;pp;10

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