Is F# RC equal to RTM?

Question

I am wondering if F# RC equal to RTM? If not is there any doc mentioning about that?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

No, the RC is from a couple months back. The RTM was just released.

http://blogs.msdn.com/dsyme/archive/2010/04/12/f-2-0-released-as-part-of-visual-studio-2010.aspx

Answer 2

Do you mean F# 2.0 ? Then it is already fully released. 1 day ago, according to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_Sharp_(programming_language)

Answer 3

After previous F# releases Don Syme has included detailed change notes on his blog. But I've not seen anything yet: http://blogs.msdn.com/dsyme/default.aspx

I am currently assuming no changes that are not bug fixes (RC was declared as "2.0" here).

Answer 4

RC stands for release candidate, therefore meaning that it s a potential build that will be actually released to manufacturers. It is sort of like a public beta which gets tested thoroughly before finalising.

Once happy with the RC the developers decide to release it, and the first release is the RTM (Release To Manufacturers), which is sent to the manufacturers so they can start implementing it into their software/devices.

Therefore current RC MAY be the RTM but not necessarily. If they find any bugs or issues they will release a new RC test it and than release it to the manufacturers.

Have a look at the following page: Wikipedia Software Life Cycle