Re:The Problem with F# Evangelism
by brianberns on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @10:58AM
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I'm the lone F# developer in a shop full of experienced and talented C# developers. I have clout, but not enough to convince any of them that F# is a better choice for many of our purposes. It's frustrating, but I try to understand that people are just naturally resistant to big changes like this.
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Same for me. Do you think that in the end F# would be that much better for good C# devs? I am not so sure.
Having made the analogous switch from Java to Scala, I think it's the good devs that benefit the most. Functional languages give you more scope for factoring out commonality, avoiding repetition, reusing existing library functionality - exactly the things that make good devs better than bad devs.
Re:The Problem with F# Evangelism
by brianberns on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @11:27AM
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I do, because many of our requirements are purely functional. E.g. Turn a bunch of database queries into a user-friendly report.
They're eager to use the latest enhancements to C# that come from the functional world (e.g. lambdas, await/async), but it's impossible to get them to give up their mutable variables and null pointers.
Get them to do a training course like "Fast Track to F#"
Re:The Problem with F# Evangelism
by brianberns on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @05:26PM
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Training isn't the issue. They've rejected F# based on its perceived weaknesses compared to C#.