[TriLUG] C# and .NET

[Andrew C. Oliver]

Ed Hill wrote:

>On Mon, 2002-07-01 at 12:36, Tanner Lovelace wrote:
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>>paradigm.  Granted, the object oriented paradigm is extremely 
>>powerful, but there are times when it is the wrong tool for the
>>job.  In those cases (which crop up far more often than you
>>would think), I prefer a language that allows me to use a 
>>different paradigm.  The reason I like C++ so much is that 
>>it, uniquely from any other language out there that I know
>>about, is a true multi-paradigm language.  You want to do
>>object oriented stuff, no problem.  You want generic 
>>programming?  Sure, we do that.  You want functional?
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>Hi Tanner,
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>I agree with the *vast* majority of what you're saying.  I like Java
>almost solely because of WORA.
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>I like the STL and templates.  I use them a *lot* in my C++.  Have you
>seen java-generics?  Supposedly, its going to be incorporated into the
>Java 1.5 spec...
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Understand Java Generics:  They aren't as powerful as C++ templates, in 
fact the Java Generics spec in my
opinion is a waste of time.  Its "compile-time" generics, meaning a 
bunch of those MyClass$1.class files for
everything you genericise.  Secondly, there will NOT be support for 
primitive types.

So generics will be *strictly* syntax candy.

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>YES!  Absolutely!  Control (that is, the software developers' and users'
>*loss* and MS's gain) is the most important aspect of .NET.
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>Ed
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