Introducing F# 4.0

Can any F# users point me towards a guide on getting started with F# and Mono on OS X? Just enough to get a simple build chain set up and get started learning the language.

I've been writing most of my utility code in F# for the past few months, is there anything that you guys DON'T like about it? I'm really enjoying how terse it is in comparison to C# and haven't really run into anything that's bothered me, besides Xamarin Studio being bloated.

I was just discussing F# with my coworkers today. I feel like it doesn't get much attention because neither the OO or the FP camps want to own it. It's too different for OO people, and FP people won't find it pure enough. Is that correct, or are my observations and inferences way off?

While these are nice... Are there no headline features? Macros or something?

Microsoft scares me, for no good reason. Would, say, a Ruby or node.js-oriented web developer find the F#&#x2F;.NET community lacking, incomplete, unfriendly, uncool? Is there even a community to speak of?<p>What&#x27;s to stop a young developer from going against the grain and adopting .NET?<p>(Here come the downvotes. Shun the &quot;hipster.&quot; But really, I&#x27;m looking for a subjective perspective from somebody on &quot;the other side.&quot; I don&#x27;t even know how to search for &quot;.NET&quot; on Github. For instance, is NuGet anything like npm or gem?)

Reading some of the comments, I cannot but think about the book I am reading &quot;The Expert Beginner&quot;. This platform&#x2F;framework street fighting is not good for any one. If you are on LAMP stack, Ruby on Rails or Python or Go, where you code on a Mac OS X, and want to engage in a narcissistic exercise of self-validation, please do it else where. If you are curious about the other side of the tracks, there are enough knowledgeable people who can help, advice and guide in this very forum.