[iuoter]

"It's a shame because F# could become utterly awesome, but faces a hard battle under Microsoft's thumb."

That's a retarded comment.

Don Syme invented F# while at MSR. When he first created it, it was basically OCaml.NET (well, a very small OCaml subset), just as a proof of concept.

Now (last I checked, which was well over a year ago) it's one of four first-class languages with a full team behind it in DevDiv, enjoying equal support in VS.NET and other dev tools as C#, VC++, and VB.NET.

F# isn't under anyone's thumb; it's a Microsoft product through-and-through.

I'm sure this comment will fall on deaf ears, but please, Michael, try to restrict your comments to things you know something about.