F# - creating 100 objects into a List - most functional and idiomatic way

Question

In F# what is the most functional and idiomatic way of creating or "newing up" 100 new objects into a List.

I guess for an example we could use DateTime as an example object.

Answer 1

List.init 100 (fun x -> x * 2)

Answer 2

Alternatively, as a list expression:

[for i in 1..100 -> new System.DateTime()]

But I think this is less idiomatic.

Answer 3

I would consider using

[|for i in 1..100 -> new System.DateTime() |]

since you are working with mutable data.