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I don't think you need better developers. I've had one college intern so far that I've had work with some F# and she liked it better than C#. Lots of stuff th

• rubber_duck 10y ago
  When you don't know a lot learning something different is actually easier than when you're already proficient in C#. You expect an intern to take x ammount of time before he can be productive, so if he spends it on learning how to do it with F# or C# it won't change the x much. But when you have a senior who knows how to do something with C# he will not want to invest ammount similar to x, even a 1/2 of the time, because he can get it done with what he knows. Like I said to OP F# doesn't have that "hard sell", it's just a bunch of incremental improvements that end up being a big deal together, but each one on it's own is unimpressive.
  • vivainio 10y ago
    You rarely have Tabula Rasa developers - average developer is probably proficient in Java and/or C#. I would say HM type inference is a non-incremental "hard sell" improvement, but it depends on the target audience :).
  • Nuzzerino 10y ago
    As a developer with 10 years of C# experience and two weeks (and counting) of F# experience, I'm already finding it easier and more enjoyable to do a lot of things in F#. Results may vary.