OSNews is Exploring the Future of Computing

Linked by David Adams on Wed 1st Oct 2008 14:32 UTC

Microsoft's leader of C# development, writer of the Turbo Pascal system, and lead architect on the Delphi language, Anders Hejlsberg, reveals all there is to know on the history, inspiration, uses and future direction of one of computer programming's most widely used languages - C#. Hejlsberg also offers some insight into the upcoming version of C# (C#4) and the new language F#, as well as what lies ahead in the world of functional programming.

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RE[4]: C#

by Bending Unit on Wed 1st Oct 2008 19:26 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: C#"

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...there is simply zero business case for anyone to rewrite code just so they can run .Net and program in C# and get applications that are functionally equivalent.

Who is claiming that cloning your existing programs with C# is a good idea? You now have .NET and C# as an superior alternative to C++ and VB, simply use it if you want.

Anybody who has moved to something new over the years has moved to web based applications, mainly because they don't need to faff about with the client and all the costs and administrative pain that entails.

Such broad claims will always prove false. Anyway, web applications may very well mean ASP.NET and C#.

"It doesn't make any sense whatsoever to program core parts of Windows in C#.

Then why should anyone else use it? "
What's the deal if not someone else is not using C# to program core parts of Windows?

If you just don't like this programming language or the company behind it, just say so. Less noise.

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