When do you put double semicolons in F#?

Question

This is a stupid question. I\'ve been reading a couple books on F# and can\'t find anything that explains when you put ;; after a statement, nor can I find a pattern in the

Answer 1

Symbol and Operator Reference (F#)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd233228(v=VS.100).aspx

Semi Colon:

•Separates expressions (used mostly in verbose syntax).

•Separates elements of a list.

•Separates fields of a record.

Double Semi Colon:

http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/fsharp_journal/free/introduction.html

Articles in The F#.NET Journal quote F# code as it would appear in an interactive session. Specifically, the interactive session provides a > prompt, requires a double semicolon ;; identifier at the end of a code snippet to force evaluation, and returns the names (if any) and types of resulting definitions and values.