I see. Thanks for correcting me (I'm quite familiar with OCaml but never used F# so this subtle difference between the two eluded me). I wouldn't have imagined

I see. Thanks for correcting me (I'm quite familiar with OCaml but never used F# so this subtle difference between the two eluded me). I wouldn't have imagined this being put as an advantage in terms of robustness and reliability, contrary to lexical scoping and functions actually being closures.