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There are actually several, of common lineage: OCaml, F#, Haskell.

> > expressive enough so "scripters" feel at home

As much as I love all things Haskell, there is no way it fits the "scripters can use it" bill.

Doesn't F# work with .net and the CLR ?

It does run on .NET, yes.

Yes, F# runs on the CLR.