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438 points bozhidar | 3 comments | 01 Apr 25 12:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | 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!

1. malakai521 ◴[01 Apr 25 15:52 UTC] No.43548267[source]▶

A nicer, cleaner and simpler syntax, superior pattern matching, active patterns, discriminated unions and computation expressions

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2. int_19h ◴[01 Apr 25 16:58 UTC] No.43549041[source]▶

C# has the equivalent of active patterns these days.

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3. malakai521 ◴[01 Apr 25 19:21 UTC] No.43550425[source]▶

It does not