Early comment in the thread but I wonder if the overall “zeitgeist” opinion of C#/.NET/Microsoft has changed. Used to be in /. days that a lot of people stayed away from Microsoft stuff, preferring Python, Ruby. Then Stack Overflow came and things slowly started shifting.

I do internal dev tooling in C#. It’s one of the best languages out there for raw “get shit done” prowess. I’ve used many languages throughout the decades, some more elegant than others. Like others, I’m a bit wary of the explosion of syntax shortcuts and alternatives, but whatever, its no big deal. It’s a great all-around, general purpose language. I would love to use F# more but I don’t think some decisions they’ve made would go over well with many people.