Oh yeah. A key hindrance of F# is that MS treats it like a side project even though it's probably their secret weapon, and a lot of the adopters are dotnet cod

Oh yeah. A key hindrance of F# is that MS treats it like a side project even though it's probably their secret weapon, and a lot of the adopters are dotnet coders who already know the basics so the on-boarding is less than ideal. https://fsharp.org/ https://fsharp.org/ is the best place to actually start, although i'm guessing you did and went to the hello world which leads back to ms's nightmares. https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/ https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/ is the standard recommendation from there but there's finally some good youtube and other content out there. They have a browser repl as well https://try.fsharp.org/ https://try.fsharp.org/