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Any migrants from Haskell to F# who have used it for larger projects and can compare the two? I’ve used Haskell on and off for a number of years for a number of small projects, and I’m considering moving to F# for better IDE and debugger support, and I’m wondering whether there are any downsides in comparison to Haskell which I should consider. Any result-based advice would be appreciated.

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For larger F# projects you will probably use a bunch of .net libraries. It is of course an advantage of F# that you can, but it also makes the language feel like an uneasy hybrid. For example F# functions are called with a different syntax than .net functions/methods. Haskell feels much more consistent.

I prefer F# for larger projects because it makes a bunch of pragmatic compromises. IMHO languages which a singular vision (Scheme, Smalltalk, Haskell) are great for learning and expanding your mind, but when it comes to larger real-world projects, dogmatism just gets in the way.

Thanks for the tips.

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