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Then why is C# or F# not more popular? Microsoft ships a huge array of first party supported packages that include low level protocol libraries. I have yet to
by no_wizard 5y ago
Then why is C# or F# not more popular? Microsoft ships a huge array of first party supported packages that include low level protocol libraries.
I have yet to work at a Silicon Valley startup that used C# or F# though, despite it being a pretty solid choice in terms of "one language to rule them all" kind of thing like Kotlin / Java and (to maybe a lesser extent?) JavaScript.
I respect the tools and the language Microsoft has put out there, I'm not saying its objectively better or worse.
Especially F#, which is, to interject my opinion, an incredibly productive language on the same level as Go, and you get access to the rich .NET ecosystem out of the box.
- eatonphil 5y agoI think .NET is too recently cross-platform and MS isn't yet doing enough to promote them. I think C# and F# will get significantly more popular over the next 5 years. And if this doesn't happen it will have been pure mismanagement of opportunity by MS.
- UglyToad 5y agoTo give a slight clarification (though I ask the exact same question every Who's hiring thread time of the month) I think "not more popular in the startup bubble" is more accurate. As far as I'm aware Java and C# are still first/second by job listings in both the US and UK but in significantly less sexy enterprise settings. This might have changed since python became more widespread though.
- pjmlp 5y agoTry east coast companies instead.