dotNET (OK, C#) gets union types

Re:dotNET (OK, C#) gets union types by bob1029 on Sunday May 24, 2026 @03:10AM (#48255188)

C# gets all the mindshare because it's easier to understand and use on average.

We can all agree that F# is more clever and concise. No one is dying on that hill. But in terms of hacking your way through the customer requirements and working with a team of other humans, it cannot hold ground in the same way.

There is certainly not some concerted effort or lack of care involved. Microsoft could 10x the marketing budget around F# and the adoption rate probably wouldn't budge.

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Re:dotNET (OK, C#) gets union types by xigoi on Sunday May 24, 2026 @10:39AM (#48257630)

I hate the trend of measuring “easy to understand” based on how superficially similar the language is to C/Java.

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Re:dotNET (OK, C#) gets union types by ShalokShalom on Sunday May 24, 2026 @11:14AM (#48257910)

That is entirely anecdotal and based on subjective interpretation of someone, who has worked in C like languages or something similar:

This is just about how you are used to it, it says nothing about the quality of the language itself.

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