Unix was originally all about not being... Multics. If Mono is to follow a similar nomenclature (just for the kicks), we have to talk about Mono's upcoming 'monopolization' and 'monarchy' in the next generation of the Unix programming land. Your see, if everything goes well, in 2 to 3 years most new Gnome user/desktop applications will be written --hopefully-- in Mono and C#. Update: Miguel deIcaza replies.
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>projects on .NET. C# (as Java) lacks important features like >parametric polymorphism so you have to downcast container >elemenents.
1.5 (already available as EarlyAccess Release) includes
Generics;
C# 2.0 Release (whenever that is due) is also supposed to
come with Generics;
>Other things missing are the possibility to split class
>deklaration and implementation.
Er... you call the need for the damn HeaderFiles in C++ a "feature"?