<?xml version="1.0"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/rss.xsl"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>RantPack: .Net Utility library for Functional and Multi-threaded programming.</title><link>http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/RantPack/Project/ProjectRss.aspx</link><description>DotNet utility library with threading, functional style data structures, and general purposes utilities&amp;#47;patterns</description><item><title>UPDATED WIKI: Home</title><link>http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/RantPack/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Home&amp;version=11</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
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RantPack  
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Bringing functional concepts to .Net
&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This is a library available mainly for educational and sharing purposes.  It's a general purpose utility library that I use on various projects which includes but is not limited to. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Functional Concepts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tuples&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Options&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Immutable/Persistent collections&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Persistent style collection interfaces&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Functional patterns&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Match operator&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Shims to make immutable collections work where BCL interfaces are expected&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Threading Concepts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Futures&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Active Object implementation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Various threading primitives&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Many functional extension methods for collections&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Unfold,zip,etc ...&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Various utility classes &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1&gt;
Samples
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&lt;h1&gt;
RantPack
&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This is a library available mainly for educational and sharing purposes.  It's a general purpose utility library that I use on various projects which includes but is not limited to. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Functional Concepts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tuples&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Options&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Immutable/Persistent collections&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Persistent style collection interfaces&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Functional patterns&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Match operator&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Shims to make immutable collections work where BCL interfaces are expected&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Threading Concepts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Futures&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Active Object implementation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Various threading primitives&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Many functional extension methods for collections&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Unfold,zip,etc ...&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Various utility classes &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1&gt;
Samples
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&lt;h1&gt;
RantPack
&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This is a library available mainly for educational and sharing purposes.  It's a general purpose utility library that I use on various hobby projects which includes but is not limited to. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Functional Concepts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tuples&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Options&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Immutable/Persistent collections&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Persistent style collection interfaces&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Functional patterns&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Match operator&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Shims to make immutable collections work where BCL interfaces are expected&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Threading Concepts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Futures&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Active Object implementation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Various threading primitives&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Many functional extension methods for collections&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Unfold,zip,etc ...&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Various utility classes &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1&gt;
Samples
&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/RantPack/Wiki/View.aspx?title=ShimToBclCollections&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;ShimToBclCollections&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>JaredPar</author><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:26:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">UPDATED WIKI: Home 20081111A</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED RELEASE: RantPack 2.0.0.4 (Nov 10, 2008)</title><link>http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/RantPack/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=1781</link><description>&amp;#35; Functional Concepts&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Tuples&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Options&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Immutable&amp;#47;Persistent collections&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Persistent style collection interfaces&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Functional patterns&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Match operator&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Shims to make immutable collections work where BCL interfaces are expected&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Threading Concepts&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Futures&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Active Object implementation&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Various threading primitives&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Many extension methods for collections&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Various utility classes &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New to this release&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42; Core now builds into two projects.  One targeting 2.0 and the other 3.5.  The 3.5 version has types and&amp;#47;or extension methods which conflict with 3.5 versions removed.  &lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42; TestCore now builds into two projects testing the 2 Core projects on the various frameworks&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42; Converted various items such as Tuples and Options to structs&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42; Reworked the match operator to be a bit more usable</description><author></author><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:23:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">UPDATED RELEASE: RantPack 2.0.0.4 (Nov 10, 2008) 20081111A</guid></item><item><title>CREATED RELEASE: RantPack 2.0.0.4 (Nov 10, 2008)</title><link>http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/RantPack/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=1781</link><description>&amp;#35; Functional Concepts&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Tuples&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Options&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Immutable&amp;#47;Persistent collections&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Persistent style collection interfaces&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Functional patterns&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Match operator&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Shims to make immutable collections work where BCL interfaces are expected&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Threading Concepts&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Futures&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Active Object implementation&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Various threading primitives&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Many extension methods for collections&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Various utility classes &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New to this release&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Core now builds into two projects.  One targeting 2.0 and the other 3.5.  The 3.5 version has types and&amp;#47;or extension methods which conflict with 3.5 versions removed.  &lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; TestCore now builds into two projects testing the 2 Core projects on the various frameworks&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Converted various items such as Tuples and Options to structs&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Reworked the </description><author></author><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:22:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">CREATED RELEASE: RantPack 2.0.0.4 (Nov 10, 2008) 20081111A</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED RELEASE: RantPack 2.0.0.3 (Oct 07, 2008)</title><link>http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/RantPack/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=1627</link><description>&amp;#35; Functional Concepts&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Tuples&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Options&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Immutable&amp;#47;Persistent collections&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Persistent style interfaces&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Functional patterns&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Shims to make immutable collections work where BCL interfaces are expected&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Threading Concepts&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Futures&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Active Object implementation&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Various threading primitives&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Many extension methods for collections&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Various utility classes </description><author></author><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:57:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">UPDATED RELEASE: RantPack 2.0.0.3 (Oct 07, 2008) 20081008A</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED WIKI: Home</title><link>http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/RantPack/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Home&amp;version=8</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;
RantPack
&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This is a library available mainly for educational and sharing purposes.  It's a general purpose utility library that I use on various hobby projects which includes but is not limited to. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Functional Programming Utilities&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Options&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tuples&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Immutable/Persistent Collections&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List Extensions (Fold,Aggregate, etc ...)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Threading Utils&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Futures&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cancelable Futures&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Active Objects&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Various other primitives&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Collections&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Patterns&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;General Utilities&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1&gt;
Samples
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>JaredPar</author><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:39:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">UPDATED WIKI: Home 20081007P</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED RELEASE: RantPack 2.0.0.3 (Oct 07, 2008)</title><link>http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/RantPack/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=1627</link><description>&amp;#35; Functional Concepts&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Tuples&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Options&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Immutable&amp;#47;Persistent collections&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Persistent style interfaces&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Functional patterns&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Shims to make immutable collections work where BCL interfaces are expected&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Threading Concepts&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Futures&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Active Object implementation&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35; Various threading primitives&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Many extension methods for collections&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Various utility classes </description><author></author><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:38:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">UPDATED RELEASE: RantPack 2.0.0.3 (Oct 07, 2008) 20081007P</guid></item><item><title>CREATED RELEASE: RantPack 2.0.0.3 (Oct 07, 2008)</title><link>http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/RantPack/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=1627</link><description>&amp;#35;Functional Concepts&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35;Tuples&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35;Options&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35;Immutable&amp;#47;Persistent collections&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35;Persistent style interfaces&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35;Functional patterns&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35;Shims to make immutable collections work where BCL interfaces are expected&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;Threading Concepts&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35;Futures&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35;Active Object implementation&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;&amp;#35;Various threading primitives&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;Many extension methods for collections&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35;Various utility classes </description><author></author><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:37:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">CREATED RELEASE: RantPack 2.0.0.3 (Oct 07, 2008) 20081007P</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED RELEASE: RantPack 2.0.0.2 (Jul 22, 2008)</title><link>http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/RantPack/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=1306</link><description>Minor Updates&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42; Updated tuple names to be more consistent with the usage &amp;#40;Item0,Item1, etc ...&amp;#41;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42; Make Enumerable extension compatible with BCL version&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42; Added a Match operator class&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42; Bug fixes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contains the following&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Futures&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Tuples&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Immutable&amp;#47;Persistent collections&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Persistent style interfaces&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Functional patterns&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Shims to make immutable collections work where BCL interfaces are expected&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Active Object implementation&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Various threading primitives&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Many extension methods for collections&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Various utility classes&lt;br /&gt;</description><author></author><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:25:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">UPDATED RELEASE: RantPack 2.0.0.2 (Jul 22, 2008) 20080723A</guid></item><item><title>CREATED RELEASE: RantPack 2.0.0.2 (Jul 22, 2008)</title><link>http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/RantPack/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=1306</link><description>Minor Updates&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42; Updated tuple names to be more consistent with the usage &amp;#40;Item0,Item1, etc ...&amp;#41;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42; Make Enumerable extension compatible with BCL version&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42; Added a Match operator class&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42; Bug fixes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contains the following&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Futures&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Tuples&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Immutable&amp;#47;Persistent collections&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Persistent style interfaces&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Functional patterns&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Shims to make immutable collections work where BCL interfaces are expected&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Active Object implementation&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Various threading primitives&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Many extension methods for collections&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Various utility classes&lt;br /&gt;</description><author></author><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:25:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">CREATED RELEASE: RantPack 2.0.0.2 (Jul 22, 2008) 20080723A</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED WIKI: ShimToBclCollections</title><link>http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/RantPack/Wiki/View.aspx?title=ShimToBclCollections&amp;version=1</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
            var q = ImmutableStack&amp;lt;int&amp;gt;.Empty;&lt;br /&gt;            CollectionUtility.GetRangeCount(1, 10).ForEach(x =&amp;gt; q = q.Push(x));&lt;br /&gt;            ICollection&amp;lt;int&amp;gt; list = CollectionUtility.CreateICollection(q);&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;            var m = ImmutableAvlTree&amp;lt;int, string&amp;gt;.Empty;&lt;br /&gt;            CollectionUtility.GetRangeCount(1, 10).ForEach(x =&amp;gt; m = m.Add(x, x.ToString()));&lt;br /&gt;            IDictionary&amp;lt;int, string&amp;gt; map = CollectionUtility.CreateIDictionary(m);&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;
RantPack
&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This is a library available mainly for educational and sharing purposes.  It's a general purpose utility library that I use on various hobby projects which includes but is not limited to. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Functional Programming Patterns&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tuples&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Immutable/Persistent Collections&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Threading Utils&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Futures&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cancelable Futures&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Active Objects&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Various other primitives&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Collections&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Patterns&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;General Utilities&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1&gt;
Samples
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&lt;h1&gt;
RantPack
&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This is a library available mainly for educational and sharing purposes.  It's a general purpose utility library that I use on various hobby projects which includes but is not limited to. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Functional Programming Patterns&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tuples&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Immutable/Persistent Collections&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Threading Utils&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Futures&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cancelable Futures&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Active Objects&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Various other primitives&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Collections&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Patterns&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;General Utilities&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;!Samples&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/RantPack/Wiki/View.aspx?title=ShimToBclCollections&amp;amp;referringTitle=Home"&gt;ShimToBclCollections&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>JaredPar</author><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:27:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">UPDATED WIKI: Home 20080603A</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED RELEASE: RantPack 2.0.0.1 (Jun 02, 2008)</title><link>http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/RantPack/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=1119</link><description>Minor Updates&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42; Provided shims which allow Immutable collections to work in places BCL collections are used in a read-only fashion.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42;&amp;#42; ICollection&amp;#60;T&amp;#62;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42;&amp;#42; IDictionary&amp;#60;T&amp;#62;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42;&amp;#42; IList&amp;#60;T&amp;#62;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42;&amp;#42; Non-generic collections&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42; Added ImmutableQueue&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42; Fixed a bug in MutableTuple.GetHashCode&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contains the following&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Futures&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Tuples&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Immutable&amp;#47;Persistent collections&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Persistent style interfaces&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Shims to make immutable collections work where BCL interfaces are expected&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Active Object implementation&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Various threading primitives&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Many extension methods for collections&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Various utility classes&lt;br /&gt;</description><author></author><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:16:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">UPDATED RELEASE: RantPack 2.0.0.1 (Jun 02, 2008) 20080603A</guid></item><item><title>CREATED RELEASE: RantPack 2.0.0.1 (Jun 02, 2008)</title><link>http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/RantPack/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=1119</link><description>Minor Updates&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42; Provided shims which allow Immutable collections to work in places BCL collections are used in a read-only fashion.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42;&amp;#42; ICollection&amp;#60;T&amp;#62;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42;&amp;#42; IDictionar&amp;#60;T&amp;#62;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42;&amp;#42; IList&amp;#60;T&amp;#62;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42;&amp;#42; Non-generic collections&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42; Added ImmutableQueue&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#42; Fixed a bug in MutableTuple.GetHashCode&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contains the following&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Futures&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Tuples&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Immutable&amp;#47;Persistent collections&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Persistent style interfaces&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Shims to make immutable collections work where BCL interfaces are expected&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Active Object implementation&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Various threading primitives&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Many extension methods for collections&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#35; Various utility classes&lt;br /&gt;</description><author></author><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:15:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">CREATED RELEASE: RantPack 2.0.0.1 (Jun 02, 2008) 20080603A</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED WIKI: Home</title><link>http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/RantPack/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Home&amp;version=5</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;
RantPack
&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This is a library available mainly for educational and sharing purposes.  It's a general purpose utility library that I use on various hobby projects which includes but is not limited to. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Functional Programming Patterns&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tuples&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Immutable/Persistent Collections&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Threading Utils&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Futures&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cancelable Futures&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Active Objects&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Various other primitives&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Collections&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Patterns&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;General Utilities&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;
RantPack
&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This is a library available mainly for educational and sharing purposes.  It's a general purpose utility library that I use on various hobby projects which includes but is not limited to. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Functional Programming Patterns&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tuples&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Immutable/Persistent Collections&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Threading Utils&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Futures&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cancelable Futures&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Active Objects&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Various other primitives&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Patterns&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;General Utilities&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>JaredPar</author><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 06:48:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">UPDATED WIKI: Home 20080501A</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED WIKI: Home</title><link>http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/RantPack/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Home&amp;version=3</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;
RantPack
&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This is a library available mainly for educational and sharing purposes.  It's a general purpose utility library that I use on various hobby projects which includes but is not limited to. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Functional Style Items&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tuples&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Immutable/Persistent Collections&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Threading Utils&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Futures&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cancelable Futures&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Active Objects&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Various other primitives&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Patterns&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;General Utilities&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><author>JaredPar</author><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 06:42:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">UPDATED WIKI: Home 20080501A</guid></item><item><title>UPDATED WIKI: Home</title><link>http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/RantPack/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Home&amp;version=2</link><description>&lt;div class="wikidoc"&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;RantPack *&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This is a library available mainly for educational and sharing purposes.  It's a general purpose utility library that I use on various hobby projects which includes but is not limited to. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Functional Style Items&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Tuples&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Immutable/Persistent Collections&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Threading Utils&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Futures&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cancelable Futures&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Active Objects&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Various other primitives&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Patterns&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;General Utilities&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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