Previous version: New features in F# 4.1 With the March 2018 release of Visual Studio 2017 15.6, Microsoft has made foundational changes to the F# language and core library.

C# and TypeScript get a lot more attention, but Microsoft has also been steadily working to improve its F# programming language. The open source and cross-platform F# is officially described as a ...

Try F# site allows visitors to instantly explore the versatile F# programming language in a web browser. It starts people with the basics, then provides real-world examples to solve analytical and ...

One of the first commercialised functional programming languages was Erlang, developed to reduce the risk of errors in telephone networks.

F# is a strongly typed, functional-first programming language that was based on ML and built on top of the .Net Framework by Don Syme at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, England.

Pure functional programming language implementations have no side effects and essentially use immutable, single assignments. That is, you can set X to 1 but once it is set it cannot be changed.

Microsoft's F# programming language is rising up the charts in terms of popularity, just two slots out of the top 10 on the TIOBE index.

F# is a functional programming language created by Microsoft some 13 years ago, now officially under the direction of the F# Software Foundation. While Microsoft remains the primary development driver ...

If F# is mainly intended for a specific programming niche, that would explain why Microsoft is not putting much energy behind promoting it.