Re:F# is gaining independence from .NET
by dleslie on Monday February 01, 2021 @03:19AM
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I'm a long-time Emacs user, Scheme fan, functional programming advocate ... Who uses C# in his day job.
For quite a long time F# simply wasn't ready, and by the time it was C# had already become an industry behemoth.
But more critically, it's not a language that's officially supported by Unity. That's enough for it not to be a wise choice to be betting a project on it where there are dozens of jobs on the line, and families that could be impacted.
I can't help but think that this concern isn't simply isolated to Unity software development; where else has the decision been made to not use F# on account of it not enjoying as much industry support as C#?
For quite a long time F# simply wasn't ready, and by the time it was C# had already become an industry behemoth.
But more critically, it's not a language that's officially supported by Unity. That's enough for it not to be a wise choice to be betting a project on it where there are dozens of jobs on the line, and families that could be impacted.
I can't help but think that this concern isn't simply isolated to Unity software development; where else has the decision been made to not use F# on account of it not enjoying as much industry support as C#?