Great article Sam! I especially liked the last paragraph. This .NET thing is huge. The languages are small and easy to learn but the CLR is another story. I've been coding professionally for 15 years and I cut my teeth on C. Gone are the days when I would sit and read the library reference while waiting for a program to compile (Yes, braking the 4 minute compile was as monumental as breaking the 4 minute mile). Now I have a few thousand CLR classes to learn. Still I am more excited about .NET than I have been about any programming related thing in recent years. It's like starting all over again. I have a lot of work/learning to do before I come up to the standards that I have for myself.
Marshall Harrison -----Original Message----- From: Sam Gentile [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 8:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DOTNET] It's the Runtime Stupid Thanks! That *is* the book. Robert Scoble said: Sunday, April 21, 2002 Sam Gentile: "It's the runtime stupid!" (Any programmer who wants to start learning .NET should read Sam's rant first). 5:44:47 PM Sam Gentile Co-Author Wrox Professional Visual C++.NET (ISBN 1861005962 ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.project-inspiration.com/sgentile http://www.project-inspiration.com/sgentile/DotNet.htm BLOG: http://radio.weblogs.com/0105852/ http://www.project-inspiration.com/sgentile/ScienceFiction.htm -----Original Message----- From: dotnet discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Keith Wedinger Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 8:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [DOTNET] It's the Runtime Stupid Sam, Could not agree more! Any serious .NET programmer should spend some time learning how the runtime works. Jeffrey Richter's .NET book is an EXCELLENT read on this subject. J. Keith Wedinger http://bearcatnews.com http://sciotofootball.com -----Original Message----- From: dotnet discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Sam Gentile Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 7:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DOTNET] It's the Runtime Stupid Just talked to Peter Drayton on the phone who "encouraged" me to publish new material on my BLOG. So you can blame him-). I have just published a new essay "It's the Runtime Stupid" on my BLOG at http://radio.weblogs.com/0105852/ on the new problems created by the "C# programmer generation" that doesn't want to learn how .NET works and would rather continue to ask "Do I have to install the runtime on that system if I want my managed application to run?" Sam Gentile Co-Author Wrox Professional Visual C++.NET (ISBN 1861005962 ) ManagedCode@attbi <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .com www.project-inspiration.com <http://www.project-inspiration.com/sgentile> /sgentile http://www.project-inspiration.com/sgentile/DotNet.htm BLOG: http://radio.weblogs.com/0105852/ http://www.project-inspiration.com/sgentile/ScienceFiction.htm You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
