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by Barrin92 2360 days ago
I'd second F# and also in the same vein recommend Ocaml, in particular, if fast-running native code is a requirement. I haven't benchmarked it enough but I suspect that in most cases Ocaml might be a good deal faster.

I'm also very sympathetic to the non-functional aspects. I think being able to write imperative code easily (and it's surprisingly pleasant in ocaml/f#) is a huge plus.
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3PS 2360 days ago
As always, take these numbers with a grain of salt, but benchmarks seem to suggest that F# on .NET Core is significantly faster than OCaml [1]. I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case myself given how much work Microsoft has put into optimizing .NET Core for performance.

[1] https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...

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igouy 2359 days ago
And how much work Anthony Lloyd has put into optimizing those programs ;-)

https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...

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