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Why F# could be the next mainstream programming language (2024)
I believe that F# could be the next, big mainstream programming language. Why? Let's look at the advantage of F#:
IMO this gives it an edge over Kotlin and Typescript who kind of flirt with FP but are too afraid to fully commit (which means they keep dragging OO baggage like null and exceptions along with them) Less power than Scala or Haskell. There is still a lot to be desired with respect to tooling; compiling large projects can be quite slow, I’ve never gotten the test debugger to work properly in VS Code, etc. It does have some unique and interesting features, such as type providers, active patterns and computation expressions, but overall it doesn’t offer as power or excitement as something like Scala or Haskell.
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