# Does F# have a future?

**URL:** <https://forums.fsharp.org/t/does-f-have-a-future/237>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [May 23, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.fsharp.org/t/does-f-have-a-future/237 "2018-05-23T22:45:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![bbatsov](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.fsharp.org/bbatsov/32/1366_2.png) [@bbatsov](https://forums.fsharp.org/u/bbatsov)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.fsharp.org/t/does-f-have-a-future/237/42 "2025-03-19T16:07:48Z")

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I really hope that F# has a future, as I recently started to play with it and I definitely like it. 😁

The sad reality is that none of the mainstream FP languages (Haskell, Clojure, Elixir, Scala, OCaml) is particularly popular, so I guess F# is all popular as can be expected. I’ve read somewhere that Microsoft expanded the development team a while ago and I hope that’s still true. F# 8 and 9 seem like pretty good releases to me, so obviously some progress is happening.

I also liked this article on the topic [How Popular is F# in 2024?](https://hamy.xyz/blog/2024-11_fsharp-popularity)

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**Author:** ![dlidstrom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.fsharp.org/dlidstrom/32/421_2.png) [@dlidstrom](https://forums.fsharp.org/u/dlidstrom)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 9:42pm UTC](https://forums.fsharp.org/t/does-f-have-a-future/237/43 "2025-03-24T21:42:46Z")

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I’m not using F# because it is popular. It is helping me solve problems. If I was employed I might have tried to make a case for F# in more scenarios. There are ways to introduce it in non critical ways. I’m sure you can think of some and start using it right away 😉

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