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The benefits of F# only really apply when using a 100% F# codebase. Try doing WinForms in F#...

• Eji1700 2y ago
  I mean that's mostly pretty easy bindings, but yeah it's annoying that you have to do them and feels like you're losing out on the whole damn point of using F#
• Archelaos 2y ago
  That F# has no native GUI framework is the reason why I stick with C#. When coding something with a GUI, the majority of my development time is typically spent in the GUI layer. The rest is some more or less straightforward object relational mapping with some validation an calculations in a business layer where I use Linq to emulate functional programming in C#. Adding F# to the game would only complicate the scenario, because I would need to connect the F# interfaces somewhere to C# anyway, requiring an additional layer of mappings in many cases.
  • neonsunset 2y ago
    There is! https://funcui.avaloniaui.net/ https://funcui.avaloniaui.net/
    • Archelaos 2y ago
      It is just a wrapper around Avalonia, which is written in C#.
      • neonsunset 2y ago
        It is (together with FuncUI Elmish) an extension for Avalonia to write GUI applications in F#. What difference does it make if Avalonia itself is written in C#?