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- Clojure, Common Lisp, DAX, Elixir, Erlang, F#, Haskell, PureScript, Scala
Functional programming is a powerful and elegant approach to tackling complex problems while creating maintainable code. Even though it…
F#
F#, pronounced F Sharp, is a functional programming language developed by Microsoft. It’s designed to be a simple, expressive, and efficient language emphasizing functional programming and immutable data structures. F# can be used for various applications, including web development, scientific computing, and data analysis.
F# belongs to the ML family of programming languages (Along with OCaml and other lesser known languages), and includes many common features in functional programming languages, such as pattern matching, discriminated unions, and type inference. It also includes features specific to F#, such as active patterns, quotations, and computation expressions. F# is also interoperable with other .NET languages, which allows it to take advantage of the rich .NET ecosystem.
This section will discuss the history behind F#, its installation and configuration, usage of the most relevant IDEs with their respective extensions, syntax, data structures, methods, some of the most used libraries, its most relevant use cases, and more.