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 ...

C# and TypeScript get a lot more attention, but Microsoft has also been steadily working to improve its F# programming language. The open source and cross-platform F# is officially described as a ...

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

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.

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 ...

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.

F# supports financial modeling and analysis, scientific data analysis, algorithms and academic computing. F# is a functional programming language for .NET.

What do you think of the language and its future prospects? I haven't personally done any scientific F# programming but from what I hear it is gaining a fair bit of interest in certain areas.

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