F# and C# 's CLR is same then why is F# faster than C#

Question

I am confused and would appreciate if you enlighten me. F# uses same CLR as C# and underlying code is identical then how can one suggest that a function runs faster when wr

Answer 1

There was this question on stackoverflow some time ago, it may help you to figure out some reasons why F# could be faster. The performance gain depends very much on the application and the coding features you are using though.