Re: [Dev-C++] C#

[Rob <ro...@us...>]

The way I've heard it characterized by a few people I know is that C# is 
Microsoft's Java-killer of the week. I'm actually more interested in 
using Java for Java-esque tasks, if that's the case. It's becoming a 
fairly mature language, and C# is brand new (and married to Microsoft, 
presumably).

C# is no threat to C++, and even if it was, the skills one picks up 
while learning C++ are invaluable. Heck, learning C++ is even making me 
a better Python programmer!

Rob Andrews
http://uselesspython.com

Ramana Kumar wrote:

> ok, cool, so C# is interpreted? (and always will be? - i guess it has to be)
> that is great news to me.
> from what i read tonight (on the internet at various places) C# is designed
> primarily at enterprise level, to drastically increase productivity and
> convenience at the cost of a loss in C++'s raw power.
> so, i guess C# is more a replacement of java than of c++?
> cristian wrote that he is learning c# and that it can do all that c++ does
> and is as easy as vb (which are all correct for this purpose) and it just so
> happens that i was in the middle of writing a long program using win32api in
> c++ which i anticipate to finish in a year or two (one man job!). my fear
> was that i should be looking at switching to c# in this early stage of
> development. it seems now, hopefully, that c++ is still the way to go?
> thanks cristian and others
> ramana
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Teodorescu Cristian [mailto:te...@xt...]
> Sent: Monday, 1 July 2002 10:16 PM
> To: Ramana Kumar
> Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] C#
> 
> 
> Ramana Kumar wrote:
> 
> 
>>I'm sure we can all feel it's presence.
>>And i feel it also oozes Microsoft's presence too.
>>
>>anyway... i know this is the dev-c++ mailing list, and i love dev-c++, but
>>since you are all supposedly c++ programmers like me, could someone please
>>explain to me what is c#? I've read a lot of stuff about it tonight on the
>>internet, so i know a bit about it.
>>are any of you learning it?
>>
>>
> Yes i learn C#
> 
> 
>>who should learn it?
>>
>>
> Depends it seems to replace java
> 
> 
>>what's it really for?
>>
>>
> evrithing you want need :-)
> it can do all c++ do and is easy as vb so ... i
> 
> 
>>is c++ still going to be as widely used?
>>
>>
> yes beacuse c# is a interpreted language by .net machine (as i know)and
> like java windows app are sloow sa c++ is a fast alternative
> you can't write time critical app in c# or java so ...
> 
> 
>>or am i way off track in asking that?
>>i know there is a free c# compiler somewhere (haven't looked into that yet
>>though), as well as obviously the micro$oft visual c#... is bloodshed
>>considering starting a c# editor/compiler?
>>
>>
> www.microsoft.com
> framework sdk has a c# compiler,
> 
> 
>>does anyone know much about .NET? it seems i might have to get a bit more
>>
> of
> 
>>an understanding of .NET because information on c# assumes you know what
>>.NET is all about.
>>the whole .NET and c# thing looks great for all the benefits people are
>>raving about, but the first thing i felt when i saw so many c# books in a
>>bookstore and not enough c++ ones is a bit of fear that my native language
>>is being overridden lol - not exactly a legitimate fear, but hey
>>so anyway, any information on c# would be appreciated
>>thanks
>>
>>ramana
>>
>>
>>
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> best regard Teodorescu Cristian
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