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Ask HN: Why isn't F# more popular?

I'm coming from Python world and I just started learning F# for fun (and profit ;)). So far, my experience with the language was quite positive, so I was bit surprised to see that F# is not more popular. I guess I wasn't able to see its downsides just yet.

My question for more experienced F# programmers: What are the F#'s downsides which prevent its more widespread usage?

For other people who have tried F# and didn't continue to use it: Why did you stop? Do you use other functional languages instead?

General questions: Is it because of its ties to Microsoft and/or Windows? Is F# not as good as other functional languages (which ones are better, and why?)? Not enough learning resources, examples, etc.?

49 points narimiran 9 years ago 113 comments

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