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Folds are (higher-order) functions used with sequences of elements. They collapse seq<'a> into 'b where 'b is any type (possibly still 'a). This is a bit abstract so lets get into concrete practical examples. Calculating the sum of all numbers In this example, 'a is an int. We have a list of...

To calculate the sum of terms (of type float, int or big integer) of a number list, it is preferable to use List.sum In other cases, List.fold is the function that is best suited to calculate such a sum. Sum of complex numbers In this example, we declare a list of complex numbers and we calcu...