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Why F#?

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438 points bozhidar | 1 comments | 01 Apr 25 12:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.435s | source
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amelius ◴[01 Apr 25 12:53 UTC] No.43546218[source]▶
I have a few questions. Can it do GUIs well? How about mobile? And how does it compare to e.g. Scala?
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1. pjc50 ◴[01 Apr 25 13:07 UTC] No.43546358[source]▶
Because it's a CLR language, it has access to all the same technologies as C#. That is, all the Microsoft native ones plus cross-platform with Avalonia.

https://fsharp.org/use/desktop-apps/