Microsoft drops C#

[SStory]

Re: Microsoft drops C#

I don't think MS really cares which language you use, as long as it is one
of theirs or on top of .NET.

C# is nice if you are a C programmer or Java dude.

VB.NET is a nice powerful language and has it's strengths.

If you know COBOL and nothing else, and write a program in a COBOL.NET
language and it does what it needs to...who cares what it was written in.
Eventually becomes IL like all else and if the language was well written
will be come good compact IL I guess.

Why argue about the hammer used to drive a nail? Whether ball hammer,
carpenter hammer or whatever..... still it's just something used to get the
nail driven in....

I think that's basically the deal with C#, VB.net and the rest.. Of course
if you have tons of time to waste and want to prove that you're super
special, why not just write it all in assembly? (yes that was sarcasm)

Such discussions are pointless. If you like C#, enjoy it. If you like
VB.NET do the same. They are so close, that with a little practice reading
either is easy to do.

my 2 cents worth...

Shane

"Brian Henry" <brianiupmsdn@n ewsgroups.nospa m> wrote in message
news:%23XcDAvUZ EHA.644@tk2msft ngp13.phx.gbl.. .[color=blue]
> yeah MS would drop its flagship language... right, C# has gained so much
> momentum and has a larger codeing base then even VB.NET currently by[/color]
recent[color=blue]
> polls of developers... this guy that wrote this is just pulling BS outa
> himself to get attention..
>
>
> "Peter" <anonymous@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message
> news:2683301c46 29c$27fa93d0$a4 01280a@phx.gbl. ..[color=green]
> > just seen this blog
> >
> > http://weblogs.asp.net/hpreishuber/a...04/07/05/17306
> > 7.aspx
> >[/color]
>
>[/color]

[Tom Shelton]

Re: Microsoft drops C#

On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 08:47:52 +0100, One Handed Man ( OHM - Terry Burns )
wrote:
[color=blue]
> VB.NET not being case dependent is probably better in one respect.
>
> The reason for this is that it forces us to use different words, and this
> must make identifiers more easily readable, and less likely to be prone to
> error such as personal and Personal in C#, which are less obvious to spot.[/color]

Actually, I like that... In C#, personal would be the member variable and
Personal would be the property:

public class Example
{
private bool personal;

public Example (bool personal)
{
this.personal = personal;
}

public bool Personal
{
get
{
return this.personal;
}
set
{
this.personal = value;
}
}
}

in VB.Net I have to resort to ugly underscores or stupid hungarian
notation...

Public Class Example
Private _personal As Boolean

or

Private m_Personal As Boolean

....

End Class

Yuck...
--
Tom Shelton [MVP]

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: Microsoft drops C#

* "Brian Henry" <brianiupmsdn@n ewsgroups.nospa m> scripsit:[color=blue]
> yeah MS would drop its flagship language... right, C# has gained so much
> momentum and has a larger codeing base then even VB.NET currently by recent
> polls of developers... this guy that wrote this is just pulling BS outa
> himself to get attention..[/color]

I know the author of the text, Hannes. It's a little joke, I think, but
still, I am sure that most of what he is saying in his blog post is
right (except the story he made around the facts).

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: Microsoft drops C#

* Tom Shelton <tom@YOUKNOWTHE DRILLmtogden.co m> scripsit:[color=blue]
> in VB.Net I have to resort to ugly underscores or stupid hungarian
> notation...[/color]
[...][color=blue]
> Private m_Personal As Boolean[/color]

That's the best, IMO.

Camel case... *brrr*...

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: Microsoft drops C#

* "Tom Spink" <thomasdotspink atsp@mntlworldd otcom> scripsit:[color=blue]
> ROFL! So true :)
>
> CEO: "I've decided that the main variables in our program should be Cow and
> cow"[/color]

LOL!

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[Peter van der Goes]

Re: Microsoft drops C#


"Tom Spink" <thomasdotspink atsp@mntlworldd otcom> wrote in message
news:eqW37MUZEH A.3432@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> ROFL! So true :)
>
> CEO: "I've decided that the main variables in our program should be Cow[/color]
and[color=blue]
> cow"
>[/color]
You're assuming the CEO knows what a variable is??? ;-)

[Cor Ligthert]

Re: Microsoft drops C#

No it is not true, you cannot do everything with VBNet and it is not
designed to do everything with it, and I hope it will never be.

Because than VBNet will be more and more a C type language with by instance
things as continue and operater overloading.

And than somenone can start inventing the next language again which is
usable for productivity.

Just my thought

Cor

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: Microsoft drops C#

* "Cor Ligthert" <notfirstname@p lanet.nl> scripsit:[color=blue]
> No it is not true, you cannot do everything with VBNet and it is not
> designed to do everything with it, and I hope it will never be.[/color]

You can do (almost) everything you can do with C#. The article was
about C# vs. VB.NET.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[Cor Ligthert]

Re: Microsoft drops C#

Hi Herfried,
[color=blue]
>You can do (almost) everything you can do with C#. The article was
>about C# vs. VB.NET.[/color]

Does this mean in the German language something else maybe?

The answer in the Team was there is nothing which not can be done with
VB.NET.

And learn a time reading between the lines, than your answer would have been
a lot different.

:-)

Cor

[Tom Shelton]

Re: Microsoft drops C#

In article <2l7ct7F9m5m1U1 @uni-berlin.de>, Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] wrote:[color=blue]
> * Tom Shelton <tom@YOUKNOWTHE DRILLmtogden.co m> scripsit:[color=green]
>> in VB.Net I have to resort to ugly underscores or stupid hungarian
>> notation...[/color]
> [...][color=green]
>> Private m_Personal As Boolean[/color]
>
> That's the best, IMO.
>
> Camel case... *brrr*...
>[/color]

Actually, its a mix of Camel case and Pascal casing... Camel for member
variables, Pascal for public properties/methods :)

It's all a matter of preference really. I just happen to prefer case
sensitivity. To each his own :)

--
Tom Shelton [MVP]

[The Grim Reaper]

Re: Microsoft drops C#

I've never met a CEO who knows what I did for his company... let alone what
VB stands for...
_______________ __
Grim

"Peter van der Goes" <p_vandergoes@t oadstool.u> wrote in message
news:uNZ5$nbZEH A.2516@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
>
> "Tom Spink" <thomasdotspink atsp@mntlworldd otcom> wrote in message
> news:eqW37MUZEH A.3432@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...[color=green]
> > ROFL! So true :)
> >
> > CEO: "I've decided that the main variables in our program should be Cow[/color]
> and[color=green]
> > cow"
> >[/color]
> You're assuming the CEO knows what a variable is??? ;-)
>
>[/color]