# Don Syme

> Don Syme is an Australian computer scientist and a Principal Researcher at GitHub. He is the designer and architect of the F# programming language, described by a reporter as being regarded as "the most original new face in computer languages since Bjarne Stroustrup developed C++ in the early 1980s.". Syme originally created F# as a port of OCaml to Microsoft's .NET Framework. He is a visiting Professor at King's College London.

*Australian computer scientist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/don-syme

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Developer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5482740))
- **Category:** Developers
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Status:** unknown
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Don Syme is an Australian computer scientist and a Principal Researcher at GitHub. He is the designer and architect of the F# programming language, described by a reporter as being regarded as "the most original new face in computer languages since Bjarne Stroustrup developed C++ in the early 1980s.". Syme originally created F# as a port of OCaml to Microsoft's .NET Framework. He is a visiting Professor at King's College London.

## Fame
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## Platforms
- **WEBSITE**: http://blogs.msdn.com/dsyme/

## Sources
- [Don Syme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Syme)
- [Сайм, Дон](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%2C_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [Дон Сайм](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3655362)

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