What is csharp?

a) D-flat;
b) "Java" that Microsoft owns.

Regards.

"Phil Weber" <pweber@dev-archive.com> wrote:
> > What in sam **** is csharp anyhoo?
>
>Don:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/nextgen/technology/csharpintro.asp
>
>--
>Phil Weber
>dev-archive.com, Inc.
>
>

Regaurdless of what you call it (C# - Db) I for one, am underwhelmed by all the
C like augmentation...

using System;
class Test
{
static void Main(string[] args) {
if (args.Length == 0)
Console.WriteLine("No arguments were provided");
else
Console.WriteLine("Arguments were provided");
}
}

And:

using System;
class Test
{
static void Main() {
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
Console.WriteLine(i);
}
}

The use of braces, and semicolons, and even the syntax are all too much
like C for my tastes... Why should I ever want to put one character on a line?

I am very disappointed.
LFS

"Mark Burns" <mark@iolofpa.com> wrote in message news:397866e5$1@news.dev-archive.com...
>
> "Andrew Chalk" <achalk@magnacartasoftware.com> wrote in message
> news:39754559$1@news.dev-archive.com...
> >
> > a) D-flat;
>
> No, It's not "D-flat", it's "D_" -- get it?
>
>
>

"Larry Serflaten" <serflaten@usinternet.com> wrote in message
news:39805985@news.dev-archive.com...
> Regaurdless of what you call it (C# - Db) I for one, am underwhelmed by
all the
> C like augmentation...
>
> using System;
> class Test
> {
> static void Main(string[] args) {
> if (args.Length == 0)
> Console.WriteLine("No arguments were provided");
> else
> Console.WriteLine("Arguments were provided");
> }
> }
>
> And:
>
> using System;
> class Test
> {
> static void Main() {
> for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
> Console.WriteLine(i);
> }
> }
>
> The use of braces, and semicolons, and even the syntax are all too much
> like C for my tastes... Why should I ever want to put one character on a
line?
>
> I am very disappointed.
> LFS
Eh, sorry, is being like C in this part of the semantics a BAD thing? Those
braces makes it easy to read (with proper identation). You can of course
also put erverything on the very same line - the program will still
compile... From a code mainenance point of view, I think it would not be a
too good idea.

/Carl

"Phil Weber" <pweber@dev-archive.com> wrote in message
news:398188f7@news.dev-archive.com...
> > Why should I ever want to put one character on a line?
>
> Larry: You do know that you don't have to?
>
> using System;
> class Test {
> static void Main(string[] args) {
> if (args.Length == 0)
> Console.WriteLine("No arguments were provided");
> else
> Console.WriteLine("Arguments were provided");}}
>
> Personally, I don't see much difference between having "}" or "End
Function"
> on a line. When I write JavaScript, I mostly get tripped up by the
required
> semi-colons and parentheses on if... statements.

What's wrong with semi-colons? Thanks to the parentheses you don't need that
"THEN"...

If you really want compact code, have a look at the programming language python
http://www.python.org/. Python uses indentation for statement grouping.

def invert(table):
index = {} # empty dictionary
for key in table.keys():
value = table[key]
if not index.has_key(value):
index[value] = [] # empty list
index[value].append(key)
return index

Yes, I know the syntax can be re-arranged, and but for readability
it should be. I did not like having to use the braces, or the semicolons,
when a new line could have sufficed.

On readability, I saw one guy put it rather succinctly saying something to
the effect that the syntax, looks like so much line noise.

I wanted MS to come out with a new language. I was hoping for one
that was more or less a wrapper for the OS (IE being closely tied), but
I would have appreciated a compiled language with syntax that looked
more like Visual Basic.

As Bruce McKinney pointed out with his WIN.TLB, the OS doesn't have to
be a stranger, even in VB. Or, who said MS could not have included a data
type called Pointer? Or, more rather, a type qualifier in a form similar to:

Dim ptrX as Byte Pointer
Dim ptrY as Long Pointer

Or several other embellishments that allow a closer tie to the OS...

Don't get me wrong, I was not looking for VB7, but a completely new
language, developed from the experience gained in the field, to date.
Call me selfish ;) but I was hoping for something that would be simplified
like Basic, and involve less of a learning curve, for me personally...

Instead, it appears MS has (not surprisingly) gone where the money is
and catered to corporate america who largely agree that C++, Java,
et. al. is a better development environment.

LFS

"Phil Weber" <pweber@dev-archive.com> wrote in message news:398188f7@news.dev-archive.com...
> > Why should I ever want to put one character on a line?
>
> Larry: You do know that you don't have to?
>
> using System;
> class Test {
> static void Main(string[] args) {
> if (args.Length == 0)
> Console.WriteLine("No arguments were provided");
> else
> Console.WriteLine("Arguments were provided");}}
>
> Personally, I don't see much difference between having "}" or "End Function"
> on a line. When I write JavaScript, I mostly get tripped up by the required
> semi-colons and parentheses on if... statements.
> --
> Phil Weber
>
>

"Carl Nettelblad" <cnettel@hem.passagen.se> wrote in message
news:3982ada8@news.dev-archive.com...
> Ok, I know that you mean, BTW... That's the problem when switching between
> languages. It's fun to write a VBScript in ASP generating a J(ava)Script.

The real fun is writing VBS/ASP to generate JScript that generate HTML.
A simple double-quote becomes \"""

--
Truth,
James Curran
http://www.NJTheater.com (Professional)
http://www.NovelTheory.com (Personal)
http://www.BrandsForLess.com (Day Job)

So I guess you dislike Java as well. What is so bad about taking the best of
several languages and combining those best features into one language?

DTL

"Larry Serflaten" <serflaten@usinternet.com> wrote in message
news:39805985@news.dev-archive.com...

> I am very disappointed.
> LFS

Know C++ ?
If Java is C+- (plus minus) then C# is C-+ (minus plus)

SBC

"Don Manly" <spam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3974a06c@news.dev-archive.com...
> What in sam **** is csharp anyhoo?
>
>
>

"SirTom@OwnMe.com" <SirTom@OwnMe.com-YADA> wrote:
>Ahhhh... philosophy..
>
>My 2 cents:
>
>C# is ...
> ..the next step up from MSIL assembler.
> ..the most powerful language that comes
> free with .NET
> ..a very modern language with the best features
> of most of the more modern languages that
> system-type programmers are familiar with.
> (like C, C++, Java)
>
>The C# group at MS probably had to compromise based
>on what the CLR group could deliver for release, and there
>will be future releases with even more complexity... ;-)
>
>(just a guess..)
>
>To a large degree, learning .NET involves learning
>various models, like the object model, the threading
>model, the forms model.
>
>The CLR is vast in it's built-in functionality, and it
>is accessible from any .NET language!
>
>--
>Cheers!
>Tom
>
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>"Supriyo Chatterjee" <chatterjeesb@home.com> wrote in message news:3bb77e2f@news.dev-archive.com...
>Know C++ ?
>If Java is C+- (plus minus) then C# is C-+ (minus plus)
>
>SBC
>
>"Don Manly" <spam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:3974a06c@news.dev-archive.com...
>> What in sam **** is csharp anyhoo?
>>
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>
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I want to know about the differences between alpha version and bets version?