Re:C# is the past, the present and the future
by fekberg on Friday January 11, 2013 @06:20AM
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You left out some of the about page where it says that I worked as a tutor in Java and C++. You're right that my about page doesn't contain all my resume. For your information I've worked with Java, Objective-C, Python, PHP, C++ and used Gentoo as a primary OS (for years). The blog and my current job is mostly .NET though which is why I highlight that in the about page.
Re:C# is the past, the present and the future
by WayneDB on Friday January 11, 2013 @08:23AM
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One problem with your statement is that C# is not only "Microsoft tech". C# is an ECMA language for crying out loud.
Re:C# is the past, the present and the future
by taylodl on Friday January 11, 2013 @03:57PM
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Microsoft used Ecma as a standards repository, not a standards body. Ecma neither created nor endorsed C# - they received and recorded a standards submission from Microsoft thus making C# "Microsoft tech."
Finally, neither C# 3.0, 4.0 or 5.0 have been submitted to Ecma. So we can hardly refer to C# as an Ecma language for crying out loud! :)
Re:C# is the past, the present and the future
by WayneDB on Monday January 14, 2013 @12:51PM
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I didn't say that ECMA created or endorsed C#. I said that it's an ECMA standard because no matter how much posturing anyone wants to do, it is one.
Features of C# 3.0 and 4.0 have too been included in the ECMA standard. So yes, we can definitely refer to C# as an ECMA language...for crying out loud. The standard is not updated as often as Microsoft or Mono release a new version of their runtime (ohnoes!), just like web standards when a browser Mfr. comes out with a new feature.
"I spend most of my days working with the latest technologies from Microsoft."
"In the darkest alley-ways we still have the people not wanting to touch C# with a pitch-fork because itβs behind Microsoft"
In my opinion he lacks enough neutrality to make that statements(how he know MS tech is so great if he is totally ignorant of other options?).
Instead of telling people to learn only Microsoft tech he could take his own advise and learn non Microsoft tech too. The world is much bigger than a single company.
In my work as a software engineer I had to use what was good for my company, not what was good for Microsoft, Apple, or any religion(GNU or whatever).
I had to use Java, C#, objective C, python, (and lisp and c and c++). We will never be in the hands of a single company ever.