In mid-August 2018, Microsoft released the production Version 4.5 of F#, which supports the Span value type from .Net Core to improve code. Current version: What’s new in F# 4.5 Span, aka Span ...

F# is a strongly typed, functional-first programming language that was based on ML and built on top of the .Net Framework by Don Syme at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, England.

What is functional programming and who would use functional programming in an embedded programming language?

Microsoft's F# programming language is rising up the charts in terms of popularity, just two slots out of the top 10 on the TIOBE index.

One of the first commercialised functional programming languages was Erlang, developed to reduce the risk of errors in telephone networks.

Microsoft has announced that support for the F# functional programming language will be fully integrated into Visual Studio. This marks a bold new commitment to facilitating functional programming ...

F# is a functional programming language created by Microsoft some 13 years ago, now officially under the direction of the F# Software Foundation.

F# is a functional programming language created by Microsoft some 13 years ago, now officially under the direction of the F# Software Foundation. While Microsoft remains the primary development driver ...

If F# is mainly intended for a specific programming niche, that would explain why Microsoft is not putting much energy behind promoting it.