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Last time I used F# on Linux, the REPL was a mess and mostly unusable. Compilation takes forever. You have to edit an fsproj rather than inferring modules from

Last time I used F# on Linux, the REPL was a mess and mostly unusable. Compilation takes forever. You have to edit an fsproj rather than inferring modules from the file system structure like most modern languages. It’s a great language— maybe my favorite, but the tooling stinks if you’re not using VS. I’m not switching to Windows, so that leaves me in limbo.

runevault 4y ago
I'd argue Rider from Jetbrains is better than VS for F#, though that is a subscription based IDE (though you can stop paying and keep the version you originally "bought" after)
karmakaze 4y ago
PSA: Visual Studio for Mac[0]. I know you're on Linux but for others. [0] https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/mac https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/mac
- sk0g 4y ago
  And just for clarity, it's not proper Visual Studio, but rather an updated MonoDevelop. Was missing quite a lot of functionality (for Unity/C#) compared to VS, so I used Rider instead.
  - karmakaze 4y ago
    I didn't know Rider supported F#, thanks for the tip.
int_19h 4y ago
The part about fsproj is due to module order being significant, which I don't think they can change without breaking existing code.