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What are the benefits of using C# vs F# or F# vs c#?

I’ve done a bit of reading about F# and I am starting to see a push for it at my place of employment.

Where is it that F# really shines to a degree which would cause a C# developer to break out of the normal humdrum of problem solving and utilize F#?

Please, give me your best snippet - I need something to run with.

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    Would be a great question for http://programmers.stackexchange.com – Nic Jul 06 '11 at 18:40
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    Repeat question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/952318/what-are-the-benefits-of-using-c-vs-f-or-f-vs-c although this does not have snippets. – Caimen Jul 06 '11 at 18:40
  • @Caimen: If its a repeat, I'll delete it - but I'm not asking for a differential breakdown between C# and F#. – NTDLS Jul 06 '11 at 18:43
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    It's funny that the guys who closed it appear to have never answered an F# question. Maybe they just like closing questions. Sorry, NTDLS. – Daniel Jul 06 '11 at 18:55
  • @Daniel: Thanks! Now I can move on knowing that at least someone agrees. :D – NTDLS Jul 06 '11 at 18:59
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    @NTDLS: The answers to [this question](http://stackoverflow.com/q/5172510/162396) may help you some too. – Daniel Jul 06 '11 at 19:18
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    look at ironjs - this is a javascript runtine written in F#. Very impressive as a real-world sample of F#. I intend to grok this code big time – pm100 Jul 06 '11 at 20:07
  • @pm100: Holy sh*t, that's crazy. I didn't even know that was possible. I sure am glad I duplicated this question. – NTDLS Jul 06 '11 at 20:17
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    For some nice F# snippets, you can also check out http://fssnip.net :-) – Tomas Petricek Jul 06 '11 at 21:04
  • One word - REPL. Okay, one abbreviation :) – Bala Jul 07 '11 at 08:26
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    +1 and vote for reopen. The alleged duplicate asks for prose whereas this question asks for code. – J D Feb 11 '12 at 13:04
  • Jon: Whether it's a duplicate or not, it doesn't fit StackOverflow Q&A format. Way too open-ended. – Ben Voigt Feb 16 '12 at 20:14

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