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  <itunes:subtitle>It is that time of year to sit down and analyze F# and how absolutely awesome it is! Frank and James talk through some features that make it a delightful programming language.</itunes:subtitle>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SUPPORT US ON PATREON&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/mergeconflictfm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;patreon.com/mergeconflictfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;Follow Us&lt;/h3&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;Frank: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/praeclarum" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href="http://praeclarum.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Blog&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://github.com/praeclarum" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;GitHub&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;James: &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href="https://montemagno.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Blog&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://github.com/jamesmontemagno" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;GitHub&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by &lt;a href="https://soundcloud.com/adventureface" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Adventureface&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>It is that time of year to sit down and analyze F# and how absolutely awesome it is! Frank and James talk through some features that make it a delightful programming language. They also chat about the MVP summit, cool new features, and talk about their heroes.</p>

<p><strong>SUPPORT US ON PATREON</strong>: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/mergeconflictfm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">patreon.com/mergeconflictfm</a></p>

<h3>Follow Us</h3>

<ul>
<li>Frank: <a href="http://twitter.com/praeclarum" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Twitter</a>,  <a href="http://praeclarum.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Blog</a>, <a href="http://github.com/praeclarum" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">GitHub</a></li>
<li>James: <a href="http://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Twitter</a>,  <a href="https://montemagno.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Blog</a>, <a href="http://github.com/jamesmontemagno" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">GitHub</a></li>
<li>Merge Conflict: <a href="http://twitter.com/mergeconflictfm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Twitter</a>,  <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mergeconflictfm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://mergeconflict.fm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Website</a></li>
<li>Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/adventureface" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Adventureface</a></li>
<li>Proudly recorded on <a href="https://zencastr.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Zencastr</a></li>
</ul><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/mergeconflictfm">Support Merge Conflict</a></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="F# Guide | Microsoft Docs" rel="nofollow" href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/fsharp/">F# Guide | Microsoft Docs
</a> &mdash; Tour of F#
</li><li><a title="MVP Global Summit" rel="nofollow" href="https://mvp.microsoft.com/summit">MVP Global Summit
</a></li><li><a title="Functional reactive programming - Wikipedia" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_reactive_programming">Functional reactive programming - Wikipedia
</a></li><li><a title="F# Software Foundation" rel="nofollow" href="http://fsharp.org/">F# Software Foundation
</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>It is that time of year to sit down and analyze F# and how absolutely awesome it is! Frank and James talk through some features that make it a delightful programming language. They also chat about the MVP summit, cool new features, and talk about their heroes.</p>

<p><strong>SUPPORT US ON PATREON</strong>: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/mergeconflictfm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">patreon.com/mergeconflictfm</a></p>

<h3>Follow Us</h3>

<ul>
<li>Frank: <a href="http://twitter.com/praeclarum" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Twitter</a>,  <a href="http://praeclarum.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Blog</a>, <a href="http://github.com/praeclarum" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">GitHub</a></li>
<li>James: <a href="http://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Twitter</a>,  <a href="https://montemagno.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Blog</a>, <a href="http://github.com/jamesmontemagno" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">GitHub</a></li>
<li>Merge Conflict: <a href="http://twitter.com/mergeconflictfm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Twitter</a>,  <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mergeconflictfm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://mergeconflict.fm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Website</a></li>
<li>Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/adventureface" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Adventureface</a></li>
<li>Proudly recorded on <a href="https://zencastr.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Zencastr</a></li>
</ul><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/mergeconflictfm">Support Merge Conflict</a></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="F# Guide | Microsoft Docs" rel="nofollow" href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/fsharp/">F# Guide | Microsoft Docs
</a> &mdash; Tour of F#
</li><li><a title="MVP Global Summit" rel="nofollow" href="https://mvp.microsoft.com/summit">MVP Global Summit
</a></li><li><a title="Functional reactive programming - Wikipedia" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_reactive_programming">Functional reactive programming - Wikipedia
</a></li><li><a title="F# Software Foundation" rel="nofollow" href="http://fsharp.org/">F# Software Foundation
</a></li></ul>]]>
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