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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Well, no. ASP.NET is pretty good - certainly no worse than JSP or PHP. The benefit of ASP.NET is that it allows real RAD design (Okay, I love absolute positioning, so sue me!) and the potential code reuse of a properly designed engine between a desktop and web app is extremely productive (okay, Java has this too, but hey!.)
ASP.NET has a bad rap, because those who are clueless think "ASP" is an element of the ASP.NET runtime. Well, no, it isn't at all like that. Comparing ASP to ASP.NET is like comparing a Instant coffee to premium ground.