# Does F# have a future?

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**Created:** [May 23, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.fsharp.org/t/does-f-have-a-future/237 "2018-05-23T22:45:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 3, 2018, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.fsharp.org/t/does-f-have-a-future/237/10 "2018-06-03T07:22:19Z")

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Not sure if it has a future or not but it depends on how existing developers react to it. In .NET world C# developers haven’t jumped on to it and are reluctant to adopt it, I have been thinking about why it is so and I think I have an inkling that it might have something to do with them having to unlearn what they have spent their time at universities or courses or a lifetime of learning, it is hard to let go of so much knowledge, it is just the way human nature is. I don’t see existing C# developers to adopt it in large numbers, so the hope of F# getting adopted in large numbers is with students at universities around the world who are willing to learn new things - another thing lacking in current C# developers.

I have tried to tell how good F# is to C# developers and they seem excited but do nothing about learning F#. It is like me telling them about how good the [Alphonso mangoes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonso_(mango)) are but I just can’t describe the taste in words, it’s for them to make an effort to taste it and see for themselves or realize what I am talking about.

The next step is for Managers to push F# but they are not bothered as their primary concern is to deliver a working solution on time and excellence is secondary. Other excuse (not reason) that the managers make is the lack of F# developers in job market, and they are not wrong but again it is the existing C# developers I would blame(might be too strong a word), and I have told my managers that if a developer is not willing to learn a new way or working or learning a new language then they should not be hired. The argument with managers does not go too far and never has a good outcome as their primary concern is to deliver a working solution on time.

My 2 cents.

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