Re:Ask HN: What is the most enjoyable language to write code...
by Someone1234 on Wednesday January 21, 2015 @05:37PM
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Likely C#.
The syntax is unremarkable, but the libraries are a pleasure to use. Everything is well organised and it fixes a few of Java's rough edges, heck even just the fact that everything has a ToString() prototype is a huge "win."
Although C#'s recent feature additions have made producing spaghetti code easier (e.g. Linq) although C# wasn't immune from that before [0].
The syntax is unremarkable, but the libraries are a pleasure to use. Everything is well organised and it fixes a few of Java's rough edges, heck even just the fact that everything has a ToString() prototype is a huge "win."
Although C#'s recent feature additions have made producing spaghetti code easier (e.g. Linq) although C# wasn't immune from that before [0].
[0] https://code.google.com/p/elmah/source/browse/src/Elmah/Stac...