From: "Rob ." <rob.02004@...>
Date: 2005-09-16T00:32:07+09:00
Subject: Re: you can't get in trouble with your boss for picking C#

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As long as I can put food on the table without having to code C# I will. I=
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want to avoid supporting the M$ monopoly in any way, shape or form.=20
Particularly since they helped the Chinese government censor people bloggin=
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in China:
http://www.wired.com/news/20050620_chinablogs.html
 For me technical considerations related to C# don't even enter the debate.=
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[ok, end of rant] ;)
 Rob

 On 9/15/05, Florian Gro=DF <florgro@gmail.com> wrote:=20
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> John wrote:
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> > There is nothing to set C# apart from Java, except for the impossibly
> > huge .NET framework for developing a billion different kinds of
> > applications.
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> Please, have a look at
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> http://taubz.for.net/blog?entry=3Dhttp://taubz.for.net/blog/blog-6956298/=
dd7d1bf8-3fcd-4a3a-8fba-d4dca0c5da12
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> How can a language where you can write this be as bad as Java?
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> var old_numbers =3D new [] {1, 2, 3, 4};
> // And yes, I still don't like arrows. :/
> var new_numbers =3D old_numbers.map(number =3D> { number * 2 });
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> True, this is not possible just yet, but C# 2 already introduced
> features like yield return and delegate(int x) { return x * 2; } that
> are a huge step away from the simple mindedness of Java.
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> I think C# is becoming a sensible language. It's still statically typed,
> of course, but it is improving heavily.
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