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Re:Microsoft keeps adding stuff into Windows we don't need by mastry on Saturday August 16, 2025 @10:46AM (#44923918)
See the links I listed above. None of those features solved a language problem as large as the lack of sum types. It baffles me that they even spent time on them before providing a feature that is in such high demand (and has been for more than a decade).

I understand that you shouldn’t always give users what they ask for - but this is something that has picked up steam in other languages because it’s actually useful and makes code bases easier to maintain.

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Re:Microsoft keeps adding stuff into Windows we don't need by mafuy on Sunday August 17, 2025 @07:16AM (#44930794)
You're projecting your strong opinion on others.

I've used C# since 2008 for business software and high performance computing. I've not missed sum types at all. Most of what was added is something I see a lot of value in. I don't like that it, by design, obsoletes some older parts of the language, but that's about it.

I'm now using C# on linux almost exclusively. No complaints from me!

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