Comparison with other languages

While C# has made great strides in supporting functional programming, it’s helpful to compare it to languages designed specifically for this style.

F#, part of the .NET family, offers a more natural functional experience with features such as immutable data structures, pattern matching, and computation expressions.

Haskell, a pure functional language, treats everything as an expression and ensures that functions are pure by default. It manages side effects strictly through monads, which can make it harder to learn, but it provides strong guarantees about code behavior.

Scala, like C#, blends object-oriented and functional programming. It has a more advanced type system, allowing for more abstract and general code, though this can add complexity.

C# stands out for its practicality. It lets you mix functional and object-oriented styles as needed, taking advantage of both approaches. While it may not be as purely functional as Haskell...