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F# is such a great language. The fact Microsoft seems to pretend it doesn't exist is bewildering. Surely the .Net ecosystem can have two languages being promot
by ecshafer 4y ago
F# is such a great language.
The fact Microsoft seems to pretend it doesn't exist is bewildering. Surely the .Net ecosystem can have two languages being promoted.
- pjmlp 4y agoBefore F# came into VS 2010, we already had C#, VB, C++/CLI (nee Managed C++), IronPython, IronRuby, and all the third parties targeting the CLR. It is really not having a clue what purpose they want for F#, I bet they have repented to ship it on VS2010. First it was for libraries only, then during the VS Express days it was for Web development, now they are trying to pivot it into data analysis and ML, while DevDiv manages to bring Guido out of retirement and finally manages to pursuade CPython core team about improving its performance.
- AlotOfReading 4y agoF# was originally just kind of a passion project that MS insisted get productized to continue development. It's still very much an internal favorite within Microsoft Research and the Bing team, from my understanding.
- pjmlp 4y agoNowadays most of those folks are no longer at MSR, Don Syme has moved into Github and I doubt they are into F#.
- JaggerJo 4y agoDon is still working on F#. The F# team at MS now is bigger than is was years ago. People from different companies and the community are collaborating on compiler and language features. F# is beyond microsoft, a lot of early adopters are still there.
- pjmlp 4y agoStand corrected on that one. What are the fruits of that increased team on the VS, VS4Mac and VSCode tooling, and .NET SDKs?
- pyjarrett 4y ago> F# is such a great language. I very much feel this, I found it productive, but it feels like a complete ghost town. I'm considering swapping to Go over using .NET for tooling/scripting.