Well, I would say this is a pretty positive post for Python as well. Only 8x slo...

pjmlp · on June 6, 2014

Hindley Milner type system makes strong typed languages also quite pleasant to use for prototyping.

I mentioned UNIX, because on Windows my to go language for private scripts is F#.

herokusaki · on June 6, 2014

Interesting. Do you find it more or less terse than PowerShell?

pjmlp · on June 7, 2014

I use both actually.

F# scripts for my own stuff, Powershell when those scripts need to be shared across the team or I need to interoperate with third party cmdlets.

It is quite terse, specially because Powershell has a bit of VB flavour to its syntax, mixed with attributes everywhere.

I rather use the cleanliness of the ML syntax, if possible.

balakk · on June 7, 2014

It can be as terse as you want it to be. The bigger virtues are its speed, language features, and the environment.

F# interactive is what powershell/ISE wants to be, when it grows up and drinks the magic potion of awesomeness.