Re:More details on Microsoft's new M# language
by rbanffy on Monday December 30, 2013 @07:34AM
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> It's a bit timid of them to start from C#
Microsoft is a timid company. Any company in their dominant position (they own the corporate desktop) will avoid making anything very disruptive unless they feel they are playing a losing game.
Also, corporate-level C# developers are cheap and abundant. Much like Java was designed to be C++ developer friendly (and C# itself was designed to be Java developer friendly), it makes sense to design a new language to be more amenable to a large number of developers, even if it implies sacrificing some power.
Microsoft is a timid company. Any company in their dominant position (they own the corporate desktop) will avoid making anything very disruptive unless they feel they are playing a losing game.
Also, corporate-level C# developers are cheap and abundant. Much like Java was designed to be C++ developer friendly (and C# itself was designed to be Java developer friendly), it makes sense to design a new language to be more amenable to a large number of developers, even if it implies sacrificing some power.