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Mark Seemann has a good talk on this called the "functional pits of success" -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US8QG9I1XW0

Of all the languages I've used nothing is quite as fun as refactoring an F# app down to nothing. Expressive power is king in F# with the whole .NET ecosystem behind it.

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I quite like Mark's way of thinking and stumbled upon his blog several years ago while learning FP with F#. [1]

Especially the series about category theory...

Can also recommend his recently published book "Code that fits in your head".

[1] https://blog.ploeh.dk/

edit: typo

If you like his blog, you surely are gonna enjoy wlashins blog as well. (Making the BIG assumption you don't know it already)

It is THE blog that made me grok a lot of FP.

https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/

Ah yes- superb content on FP/F#! He helped me a long way to understand FP- thanks for mentioning it, I can definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to get into FP / F#!

Does refactoring down to nothing in F# make you a better programmer in other languages? That sounds like you just like programming in F#.

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