# Why should I use F#?

**URL:** <https://forums.fsharp.org/t/why-should-i-use-f/505>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** beginners\
**Created:** [October 1, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.fsharp.org/t/why-should-i-use-f/505 "2018-10-01T21:00:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Scott](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.fsharp.org/scott/32/57_2.png) [@Scott](https://forums.fsharp.org/u/Scott)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.fsharp.org/t/why-should-i-use-f/505/1 "2018-10-01T21:00:56Z")

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@chethusk: “Why **shouldn’t** you use it, I’d say 🙂 Since I discovered it ~5 years ago it’s become my go-to language for build, test, web, microservices, and now even client-side JS via [~~@~~ **FableCompiler**](https://twitter.com/FableCompiler). It’s expressive yet pragmatic and fixes many footguns that object-oriented programming has.”

See more reasons at @swlaschin’s [Why use F#? | F# for fun and profit](https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/why-use-fsharp/)