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shermantanktop ◴[01 Apr 25 15:00 UTC] No.43547600[source]▶

> Trivia: F# is the language that made the pipeline operator (|>) popular.

I’m not a dabbler in exotic languages, so this definition of “popular” was puzzling. I’ve literally never seen that operator before. Maybe I need to get out more.

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zdragnar ◴[01 Apr 25 15:13 UTC] No.43547773[source]▶

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It exists in several similar languages such as elixir, and was even a proposal for ecmascript, but never really got traction.

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1. sundarurfriend ◴[01 Apr 25 17:08 UTC] No.43549163[source]▶

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I'm familiar with it via Julia, and I believe recent versions of R also have it.

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Why F#?