On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 14:49 -0700, Warren Young wrote:
> On 12/13/2010 9:37 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> > On 12/13/2010 10:14 AM, Sven Aluoor wrote:
> >> A friend said that C-Sharp (Mono) is very simple. Is this true?
> I doubt you'll find it any less complex than Java. The two are very
> similar, conceptually. C# exists more for political and business
> reasons than technical ones; it fills the same space Java could fill, in
> a platform-agnostic world.
False. C# has significant technical advantages over Java - good
Generics and LINQ just being two.
Another advantage over Java is the namespaces were not created by a
addled drug addict. Seriously "Xalan", "Xerces", and "Struts"? (just to
name three). Yea, that is clear. I'll take C# "System.Xml" and
"System.ComponentModel" everyday.
> Another poster mentioned a documentation advantage, but I imagine a lot
> of that advantage is eroded by being Windows and Microsoft centric.
No, not really. The portability is extremely good. Good code is strict code.
> any case, I don't think the documentation advantage is enough to solve
> the core problem you likely had with Java, which C# shares, that being
> its relative verbosity and strictness.
Strictness is a *feature*. Especially for someone who wants to
initially learn programming.
> > Perl is probably the easiest next step for someone who has shell
> > scripting experience.
> Seconded.
-1 Perl is a withering dinosaur.
> Don't be distracted by the Perl 6 noise. Perl 6 has been "coming" for a
> decade now,
+1
I expect by the time P6 arrives very few people will care; Perl has
been fading for a long time.
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