The .NET CLR has advantages over the JVM, especially when comparing C# / F# -> Scala / Java. At a language level, the use of type erasure for generics (which is

The .NET CLR has advantages over the JVM, especially when comparing C# / F# -> Scala / Java. At a language level, the use of type erasure for generics (which is done at compile-time in Scala/Java) allows you to do things that the .NET CLR wouldn't allow you to do because Generics is part of IL. C# isn't becoming Scala but functional paradigms are coming through into languages as an evolution, rather than stagnating (this is great, in my opinion). These languages are a part of the .NET eco-system and are fantastic, I'm pleased with the path they're going down, albeit maybe they could improve certain syntax in C# 7.0 ;)