F# - Domain Specific Language

Question

Is the F# is the future of programming languages? Is it right time to learn F# ? Any other languages in the market which is equivalent to F#?

Answer 1

F# is a general-purpose, object-oriented functional language and there isn't anything about it that's specifically designed for domain-specific languages, although you can probably easily create a DSL within F#.

If you're really interested in learning something like F#, then now is the right time. If you want to learn a new language to increase your chances at getting hired, then F# might not be a good choice if you still aren't familiar with functional programming. You might want to try JavaScript, Python, Ruby, or C# and use anonymous functions.

If you want to stick with something close to F#, there's anything in the ML family of languages, particularly OCaml. Haskell is a pure functional language in that there are no side effects (except for in Haskell's monads). There's also the Lisp family, Nemerle, and several others.