Re:C# is the past, the present and the future
by j_s on Friday January 11, 2013 @10:29AM
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From my limited perspective, C# hasn't changed much apart from syntactic sugar (less typing!) since generics were added in v2.0. This is similar to all the stuff Microsoft throws into their C++ compiler to make COM more user-friendly.
Most of the additions have been to the CLR, where Microsoft has earned a reputation for changing behavior in the 'green' bits (meaning: supposedly unmodified) when updates are installed. Also, Windows 8 brings the new WinRT; it's impossible to know how long either runtime will be 'the one true way' (see Silverlight).
It's hard to get behind a software development tech created by a company that makes its money selling new versions of operating systems and development tools (the cool stuff always requiring the latest versions, of course!). Microsoft is always moving the cheese.
Most of the additions have been to the CLR, where Microsoft has earned a reputation for changing behavior in the 'green' bits (meaning: supposedly unmodified) when updates are installed. Also, Windows 8 brings the new WinRT; it's impossible to know how long either runtime will be 'the one true way' (see Silverlight).
It's hard to get behind a software development tech created by a company that makes its money selling new versions of operating systems and development tools (the cool stuff always requiring the latest versions, of course!). Microsoft is always moving the cheese.