[TriLUG] C# and .NET

[Tanner Lovelace]

On Mon, 2002-07-01 at 15:14, Chris Merrill wrote:
> Sinner from the Prairy wrote:
> > What is the "kitchen sink syndrome"?
> 
> Throwing in every possible feature that anyone could
> dream up.  Typically a result of design-by-committee.
> 
> a.k.a.  C++
> 
> (no flames, please, I love C++...for the right job)

Actually, I would suggest Ada as a better example of
kitchen sink syndrome.  C++ has a lot of stuff in
it, yes, but it is very intelligently designed and
is very easy to use.  (Those who think otherwise
generally don't understand C++ and are just trying to
use it as: a better C, a better smalltalk, a better
[insert your favorite language here].)

To those who mentioned python, I've heard good things
about it, but never used it myself.  It bother me, 
however, to hear that python believes there's only
*one* way to do anything.  To me, that suggests 
a limitation in the language that would bug the
heck out of me.  Very often, there *are* multiple
ways of doing things and the one chosen should depend
on the particular circumstances of what you're trying
to do.  Perl, imho, gets this exactly right.  Yes,
the regular expressions can look a bit interesting,
but their not that bad when you get to know them, 
and, they're very powerful.  (What?  You think
their cryptic?  What will you be calling cryptic
next?  sendmail.cf? ;-)

Tanner
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