New functional language - C#

I really like what C# people are doing and the language starts to sound really good but unfortunately my work is done with java and *nix so C# is not an option.

mojuba3• 18 years ago

This article explains why: http://mindprod.com/jgloss/closure.html

Upd: just found an interesting discussion on the topic: http://www.artima.com/forums/flat.jsp?forum=106&thread=1...

mojuba3• 18 years ago

As far as I can tell, the majority of C# programmers are either not aware of these features or don't know how to use it.

What stops me from praising C# is its ridiculous verbosity. A language in which the shortest possible form of a character array literal is

  new char[] {'a', 'b'}

is doomed to be low-end, low entry-level, low-respect language, despite all efforts to bring some high-end features into it.

erictobia2• 18 years ago

It's actually possible to write slightly less verbose code with C# 3.0. For example:

  //...

  char[] someChars = {'A', 'B', 'C'};

  var moreChars = new [] {'D', 'E', 'F'};

  SomeMethod(new[] { 'G', 'H', 'I' });

  //...

I do, however, agree with your sentiment. The language still has some aspects that are quite verbose when compared with dynamically typed languages. You are also right in pointing out that these new features are irrelevant if programmers are not taking advantage of them.

mojuba3• 18 years ago

  new [] {'D', 'E', 'F'}

I thought it was impossible at least in 2.x, is this something added in 3.0?

pavelludiq• 18 years ago

i don't know C# but i found this and i thought it was hilarious:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=z99EHyG2jQA&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=528BCJiRkks&feature=user

jcromartie• 18 years ago

This is great for some C# developers, but I wonder how well it will be adopted. C# is mostly used for "enterprise" development. In my work I'm still using 2.0. Worse yet, some of my former coworkers are still using .NET 1.1 at their jobs.

Why must corporate development be so cumbersome? And more importantly, why doesn't this hinder C# where it seems to keep Java so far behind?

New functional language - C#

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