Why your F# evangelism isn't working

[Kent Sharkey]

Eric Sink[^]:

I am writing this article not as an opponent of F#, but rather, as someone who hopes that F# will become a mainstream .NET language.

Because it's F#?

[PIEBALDconsult]

Don't expect specialized products to become wildly popular.

[John Underhill]

because F# is cool.. (not)

[Tom Clement]

At first glance, I read that as: "Why your F****** evangelism isn't working" Guess the F# evangelism hasn't had the intended effect on me.

Tom Clement articles[^]

[Marc Clifton]

I am seriously considering re-writing that web server code/article in F# just to see what it looks like. ;) Marc

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[Emiliano Musso]

:-D

[Ian Shlasko]

Obviously it's because F# is just G... And G is a stupid name for a language. At least C# = D-flat, which looks a little like Db, so it's a great language for database stuff. See? Completely logical (In no way whatsoever).

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[RUs123]

Hm, am I the C# evangelist then, as I use C# at my job, together with DB work and at home playing guitar in C# ? :-D Well one of them, the other one is Drop D, which is DD and has a different meaning :laugh:

[newton saber]

Marc Clifton wrote:

in F# just to see what it looks like

ANSWER Ugly!

[Tom Clement]

E# is F, but F# is G flat not G. (Sorry :))

Tom Clement articles[^]

[Marc Clifton]

newton.saber wrote:

Ugly!

Actually, what I've done in F# is really quite elegant. I think it all depends on who writes the code and how it's written. ;) Marc

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[Ian Shlasko]

Bleh... That's what I get for trying to be clever today... Got woken up at 3am, so running on less sleep than usual... But G-flat is still a stupid name for a language :)

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[Tom Clement]

Couldn't agree more :)

Tom Clement articles[^]

[newton saber]

Marc Clifton wrote:

F# is really quite elegant

Prolly is. Sorry, I just couldn't resist. Functional languages just look so consarned ugly sometimes. :)

[Marc Clifton]

newton.saber wrote:

Functional languages just look so consarned ugly sometimes.

I agree -- there's a draw to making things as idiomatic and terse as possible, which only detracts from a language like F# expect for seasoned FP devs. I'll ping you when I publish the article on writing a web server from scratch, but with an F# implementation, and see what you think. Marc

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[newton saber]

Marc Clifton wrote:

with an F# implementation, and see what you think.

Sounds great. I am interested to see it. Thanks for including me.