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Is F# Tough to Learn?

It can be. A lot depends on how it's taught and what programmers think they're going to be learning.

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It's funny. When I learned imperative programming, it started easier and then got harder. When I learned functional programming, it went the other way. Here are some thoughts on whether or not moving from C# to F# has to be difficult or not.

(Functional programming, when done well, makes complexity go away. You build pipes and then you don't care what's happening inside of them. Here I am flailing around trying to describe this.)

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