[dragonwriter]

> F# is only functional language supported by big corporation

It might be the only functional language developed “in house” at a major corporation, but it's not the only one supported by a big corporation, as Microsoft (under the GitHub name) is a leading sponsor of the new Haskell Foundation.

[BadInformatics]

As well as employing Simon Peyton Jones.

Jane Street and OCaml would be another good example of deep corporate involvement in an ML family language.