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by pjerem 385 days ago
F# is an hidden gem, iteration 5 278.

I think it stays niche because it’s targeted at people knowing the dotnet ecosystem but most of those people reason a lot in OOP/imperative because well, they work with C#.

But it’s amazing to me that F# is still evolving and cutting edge after more than two decades of being extremely niche. You’d think Microsoft would abandon it or let it rot but no. Though I think F# is in fact the laboratory for new language features for C#.