Re:.NET Framework 4.6.2
by tracker1 on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @03:47AM
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Not sure about WPF, but DLR was pretty much left to die on the vine, which is somewhat sad.
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Re:.NET Framework 4.6.2
by WorldMaker on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @10:18AM
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Arguably the DLR accomplished what it set out to do and it is very usable. I've used C#'s dynamic in a number of production project and even a deeper use of DLR constructs (IDynamicObject expression generation) in a few particular sets of circumstances. You can kind of see how Microsoft felt the DLR was "finished" because they solved a lot of the hard problems and made them seem simple and easy.
IronPython and IronRuby are still useful for doing .NET things in a REPL or scripting, though Roslyn's support for C# (and VB) REPL/scripting and F# have lessened the amount of time I spend with IronPython.
(I did recently hear IronPython rebooted and is trying to build out a full CPython 3.5+ compatible version, which was exciting to hear.)
Happy to hear about IronPython trying to get up to speed, I'm using it a lot and it's pretty awesome.
I haven't had the chance to play with Roslyn yet, though. Seems promising.