Statistically, functional languages _are_ redheaded stepchildren.
Like Kathleen says in her intro to f#6
https://youtu.be/jOrgDoMuFog?si=Dnu8kPPi5QS5rNOR
"Im gonna do cool stuff like fold this unfold that. Dom said. Why don't you just write code?" (Paraphrasing it's first of the video)