I kind of agree... although I still think F# is a win over C#. IMO the syntax is much nicer and idiomatic F# is still pretty fast. However, I wish the compiler

I kind of agree... although I still think F# is a win over C#. IMO the syntax is much nicer and idiomatic F# is still pretty fast. However, I wish the compiler would more aggressively optimise things so that I can dip into this style less often. I shouldn’t have to write the imperative stuff if the translation is mechanical! The C++ compilers do far more work for the user, despite F# being a language much more conducive to being optimised. It would be great if Microsoft Research could sponsor a project in this area.