| Sun Apr 13 14:17:52 2014 by Duncan Kelbie |
| I'd like to let everyone know that I have developed a Troll application for Windows and Windows Phone. It is called "Dice Master". It has a trial mode so you can try it out for free. I'd be really interested in getting feedback about the app and ideas about how it can be improved. Are there any features you think would be really useful (e.g. syntax highlighting)? Here are the links: Windows 8: http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/app/dice-master/5964a0d2-793f-418e-b634-7661bb2502cb Windows Phone 8: http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=9269ad5d-1a77-4315-bca2-7fa509b6820f |
| Mon Apr 14 13:41:05 2014 by Daniel |
| Trial? Troll isn't a free software? |
| Mon Apr 14 13:41:05 2014 by Daniel |
| Trial? Troll isn't a free software? |
| Mon Apr 14 17:31:35 2014 by Duncan Kelbie |
| If you download Dice Master trial you can use Troll for free and forever, but you can pay for extra features it is entirely up to you. |
| Mon Apr 14 17:34:28 2014 by Torben |
| Troll is free and open source. Duncan Kelbie has ported the Troll software to run under .NET, which required rewriting the code (which is written in Standard ML) to F#, a related functional language running on .NET. There is no requirement that such ports of Troll should be free as well. As far as I know, only the dice-rolling part of Troll is included in Dice Master. Duncan can correct me if I'm wrong. I suspect the probability calculations require too much memory to run on a phone (except for small instances). |
| Thu Oct 23 15:14:22 2014 by Ron Vantreese |
| Is F# related to Fortran? ie.. derived from Fortran? |
| Thu Oct 23 15:42:59 2014 by Torben |
| F# is derived from ML, the language I used to write Troll. F# has additional features, such as objects, mainly to make it compatible with the .NET platform, which is what apps for Windows Phone uses. Duncan Kelbie originally wanted to rewrite to C#, which he already knew, but I recommended using F# instead, as that would make porting a lot easier. As far as I know, he did not regret that. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_Sharp_%28programming_language%29 for more information. |