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438 points bozhidar | 1 comments | 01 Apr 25 12:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source

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gwbas1c ◴[01 Apr 25 13:34 UTC] No.43546618[source]▶

> Why F#?

I'm kinda wondering if anyone here with decent C#/.net experience can give their version of the answer?

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The article really didn't answer its own question. It basically says "How" instead of "Why"...

...Which as someone who's spent over 20 years in C#, and tends to advocate for "functional" style, leaves me with more questions than answers!

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1. kowalgta ◴[01 Apr 25 15:25 UTC] No.43547924[source]▶

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I've worked with .net professionally for almost 20 years. At the beginning with C# while last decade almost exclusively with F#.

F# is just a better language. Simpler, more concise, more readable with stronger type safety. I will never go back to writing C# as I'm finding it too frustrating at times and unproductive.

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