Why C# Is Not My Favorite Programming Language

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Post by mikescandy » Mon, Sep 28, 2015, 9:18 AM UTC

Why C# Is Not My Favorite Programming Language
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Re: Why C# Is Not My Favorite Programming Language

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Post by dozzie » Mon, Sep 28, 2015, 9:38 AM UTC

It boils down to "C# is not C++".

Re: Why C# Is Not My Favorite Programming Language

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Post by mikescandy » Mon, Sep 28, 2015, 10:01 AM UTC

dozzie wrote: post #2

It boils down to "C# is not C++".

that was my same feeling. I'm a C# developer, and even though I consider myself a decent dev, I never thought of C# as a toy language. I guess I'm not that good.

Re: Why C# Is Not My Favorite Programming Language

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Post by guyprovost » Mon, Sep 28, 2015, 10:42 AM UTC

mikescandy wrote: post #3

dozzie wrote: post #2

It boils down to "C# is not C++".

that was my same feeling. I'm a C# developer, and even though I consider myself a decent dev, I never thought of C# as a toy language. I guess I'm not that good.

Yep... Feel the same here. I guess that we suck!

Re: Why C# Is Not My Favorite Programming Language

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Post by kinosang » Mon, Sep 28, 2015, 11:39 AM UTC

Why Python, Ruby, Javascript, Java, PHP, and etc is Not My Favorite Programming Languages. That's subjective and completely worthless for others.

Re: Why C# Is Not My Favorite Programming Language

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Post by yarper » Mon, Sep 28, 2015, 12:04 PM UTC

dozzie wrote: post #2

It boils down to "C# is not C++".

I guess more specifically, why can't I write C++ in C#.

As a side note, the i7 4770k produces somewhere in the region of one hundred thirty-three billion seven hundred forty million operations per second. 8GB is sixty four billion bits.

We don't really need micro optimisations and bitflags anymore. Premature optimisation causes loads more problems than it actually solves. That's why we have languages like Java and C#.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instructions_per_second

Re: Why C# Is Not My Favorite Programming Language

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Post by rtets » Mon, Sep 28, 2015, 1:13 PM UTC

No feature or optimisation is free

One must eventually compromise in every language/system at some cost according to the value to its intended user

Many of these genuinely interesting criticisms of C# are the "other edge" to the sword we love it for

Re: Why C# Is Not My Favorite Programming Language

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Post by Delmania » Mon, Sep 28, 2015, 1:43 PM UTC

mikescandy wrote: post #3

dozzie wrote: post #2

It boils down to "C# is not C++".

that was my same feeling. I'm a C# developer, and even though I consider myself a decent dev, I never thought of C# as a toy language. I guess I'm not that good.

Until the author has made systems like Stack Overflow, Exchange, IIS, Office 365, and SharePoint in C++, his comments about C# being a "toy language for small projects" are pretty much baseless. In fact, this entire article is nothing more than an academic exercise, he has no practical examples where any of his concerns had a significant impact on a production system.

Re: Why C# Is Not My Favorite Programming Language

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Post by Avernar » Mon, Sep 28, 2015, 9:05 PM UTC

I actually prefer C++/CLI to C#. I use it for my UI code and can seamlessly call my C++ code to do the non-UI work.

Re: Why C# Is Not My Favorite Programming Language

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Post by nvivo » Tue, Sep 29, 2015, 4:44 PM UTC

kinosang wrote: post #5

Why Python, Ruby, Javascript, Java, PHP, and etc is Not My Favorite Programming Languages. That's subjective and completely worthless for others.

Agreed. Basically, he could have gone with almost every modern language there and the result would be the same.