Microsoft's C# (Sharp) & .NET -- A Heads Up

[Jonathan Epstein]

Also note The Register's commentary on this topic, including mentioning
Python:
  http://www.theregister.Co.uk/content/1/11606.html

- Jonathan


Don Tuttle wrote:
> 
> Consider this a heads up NOT a promotion!!
> 
> In case you haven't heard Microsoft is coming out with a massive new Web
> stratagy that, in part, uses a new language called C# (That sharp, like in
> music).  Here's a part of what they have to say:
> 
> "Because of its elegant object-oriented design, C# is a great choice for
> architecting a wide range of components-from high-level business objects to
> system-level applications. Using simple C# language constructs, these
> components can be converted into Web services, allowing them to be invoked
> across the Internet, from any language running on any operating system."
> 
> "More than anything else, C# is designed to bring rapid development to the
> C++ programmer without sacrificing the power and control that have been a
> hallmark of C and C++. Because of this heritage, C# has a high degree of
> fidelity with C and C++. Developers familiar with these languages can
> quickly become productive in C#."
> .......
> 
> "The modern design of C# eliminates the most common C++ programming errors.
> For example:
> 
> Garbage collection relieves the programmer of the burden of manual memory
> management.
> Variables in C# are automatically initialized by the environment.
> Variables are type-safe. "
> 
> Hmmm, sound familar?
> Here's the link
> http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/nextgen/technology/csharpintro.asp
> 
> I look forward to you comments.
> 
> Don
> 
> --
> Believe nothing no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if
> I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common
> sense.
> --Buddha