Comparison Of Nemerle and F# For Functional On .Net

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Community Wiki Question:

Pursuant to this question: What are the benefits of using Scala in .Net? another question comes to mind. Can anyone lay out the comparative adv

Answer 1

I know little about Nemerle, but I think one of its big features is macros (a la hygenic Scheme-like happy macros, as opposed to ugly C-like macros). I never quite grokked why people love macros so much, but then again, I never grokked why people like algebraic data types and pattern-matching so much, until I started using F#. So I suspect that if you love macros, and you use .NET, then you're a rabid Nemerle fan.