But that's a catch-22 isn't it? There's few users in large part from not just tooling but messaging. MS has pitched F# as a specialised language for scientists

But that's a catch-22 isn't it? There's few users in large part from not just tooling but messaging. MS has pitched F# as a specialised language for scientists and financial work. But I do appreciate the work MS does - F# is a leader in FP tooling. And C# is getting easier to deal with :).