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by MichaelGG 4112 days ago
What particular problems on non-Windows do you have with F#? I've been running F# applications in telecom, in production, on Mono, for several years.

F# doesn't really seem to be the factor there at all, it's just general .NET support. In fact, F# can do a bit better than C#, as F# actually includes a static linker.
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melling 4112 days ago
Strange, most blogs that I've read discuss the pain involved.

http://spin.atomicobject.com/2014/06/06/f-sharp-mono-unix/

I guess it's the same with any new product or language: when there are a lot more great testimonials than cries of pain, then it's actually safe to use that product.

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MichaelGG 4112 days ago
Those complaints mostly seem to be about the developer experience on Mac, which, yeah might suck. I use VS + vim, build on Windows, then copy over to Linux for deployment.

The biggest issue is with complicated frameworks, like ASP.NET, since there could be all sorts of runtime things missing. Fortunately with MS's new open source kick, this should be a thing of the past relatively soon,

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melling 4112 days ago
So, you just told me to buy a Windows machine. Kind of funny because our little subthread started because the Microsoft F# developer didn't want to be told to buy a Linux or Mac.

The world we're all looking for is one where we'd all like to mix and match our software as much as possible, and not be told to buy a different computer.

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MichaelGG 4112 days ago
Fair enough; I went off track just about running (executing) F# code.
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