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I agree. I just wish more other people knew F# so I could use it for more projects. I've also almost stopped using Python for my scripting purposes. F# is just

by carlmr 9y ago

I agree. I just wish more other people knew F# so I could use it for more projects. I've also almost stopped using Python for my scripting purposes. F# is just so much more elegant, and if the scope of the script grows, I can grow it to a proper project. The only reason why I still use Python every once in a while is pandas. If I have to analyze some big tables, it's still far ahead of anything in any other language I know. Sadly F# Deedle feels very clunky, especially when processing a lot of text (which my data frames are usually full of).

Rapzid 9y ago
F# is my language crush. Been following it and hoping to use it for a long time. I'm in a leadership position and could MAYBE push to standardize on it however the current more likely scenario is TypeScript(I know, I know) due to my having already successfully pushed that out haha. Unfortunately the ship is already a bit far from shore. Trying to move us completely away from Python for infra due to its tooling/language services being a post-apocalyptic wasteland. We will always have it around for pandas and ML work though.
- carlmr 9y ago
  >I'm in a leadership position and could MAYBE push to standardize on it however the current more likely scenario is TypeScript(I know, I know) due to my having already successfully pushed that out haha. If you're currently on JavaScript that's definitely an improvement. You could push for F# + Fable in that case. The F# Ionide VSCode extension is written with Fable. It's like TypeScript, just better. http://fable.io/ http://fable.io/
- bonesss 9y ago
  Big bang transitions never work, IME, but step-by-step is viable :) Maybe you've seen it before, but if you're looking for conservative ways to introduce F#: https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/posts/low-risk-ways-to-use-fsharp-at-work/ https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/posts/low-risk-ways-to-use...

by carlmr 9y ago

Rapzid 9y ago

F# is my language crush. Been following it and hoping to use it for a long time. I'm in a leadership position and could MAYBE push to standardize on it however the current more likely scenario is TypeScript(I know, I know) due to my having already successfully pushed that out haha. Unfortunately the ship is already a bit far from shore. Trying to move us completely away from Python for infra due to its tooling/language services being a post-apocalyptic wasteland. We will always have it around for pandas and ML work though.

carlmr 9y ago
>I'm in a leadership position and could MAYBE push to standardize on it however the current more likely scenario is TypeScript(I know, I know) due to my having already successfully pushed that out haha. If you're currently on JavaScript that's definitely an improvement. You could push for F# + Fable in that case. The F# Ionide VSCode extension is written with Fable. It's like TypeScript, just better. http://fable.io/ http://fable.io/
bonesss 9y ago
Big bang transitions never work, IME, but step-by-step is viable :) Maybe you've seen it before, but if you're looking for conservative ways to introduce F#: https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/posts/low-risk-ways-to-use-fsharp-at-work/ https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/posts/low-risk-ways-to-use...