As someone who has written Python for almost 25 years, spent years writing various Lisps and Smalltalk, and spent a few years in the Clojure community, it might be interesting to talk about what appeals to me with F#. Appeals enough to get me to restart my blog after an 11 year hiatus (2000-2009 being the original dates). There are a few things that appeal: Practicality while still having an opinion, which seems to be derived from its OCaml roots. (read more)