4 ms·
It is still a long way before: * pattern matching / active patterns * Discriminated Unions and many other crucial type system enhancements over POCO in C# *
by smoothdeveloper 10y ago
It is still a long way before:
* pattern matching / active patterns
* Discriminated Unions and many other crucial type system enhancements over POCO in C#
* real functional orientation (function composition, immutability by default, partial application)
* type providers (it is not necessarily about data provider)
* more compile time safety harness
* plenty of other things that become apparent when you get comfortable with the language
C# 7 is still doing catch-up with F# 1.
My hypothesis is that it is easier for many people to not try too hard to grasp at functional programming or just learn a new language.
- koder2016 10y agoThe truth is that F#'s features are not that compelling to justify the move, ML syntax is too different and R# tooling is not there and never going to be.
- smoothdeveloper 10y agoYou might be right about a small subset of people, but most developers using languages like ruby, python, basic, pascal, etc. would prove this wrong. Also most of F# are fairly well experienced C# programmer, and I think they do find the language compelling.