The Problem with F# Evangelism

Re:The Problem with F# Evangelism by corn_dog on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @04:11PM (#15030891)

Is there anything about using F# that you would see as a plus over Scala or Haskell?

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Re:The Problem with F# Evangelism by runT1ME on Friday August 18, 2017 @08:37PM (#15050845)

Oh yeah,

1. IDE experience is much better.

2. I like the fact that F# emphasizes the functional aspects, it's a bit of a 'tighter' language than Scala (despite the two crucial missing pieces) and so I think people could learn it a bit faster. Scala has things like structural typing, all kinds of optional syntax, multiple inheritance, etc.

3. Lack of flexibility in syntax is a plus imo for F#. Some of Scala's flexibility is nice, but some of it just confuses the newbies (like the various usages of `_`).

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