begin quoting David Brown as of Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 01:53:42AM -0800: > On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 01:04:07AM -0800, Christopher Smith wrote: > > >>I'd go so far as to say that C# really doesn't share a lot in common with > >>Java, beyond some superficial syntactical things, and are both OO > >>languages. > >Oh, that's not entirely fair. They do have a lot in common, although one > >could quite reasonably argue that this is because Java had proven the > >value of some of those points. Some highlights: > > Conceded. My hyperbole was a bit excessive.
Well, it was an aggressive assertion you were responding to. > >7) Both have embraced generics (*not* the same as templates). > > Which I give a hearty "amen" to. It's interesting to read user forums and > help sites where people seem to fear generics. Fear 'em? Hell, no. Despise 'em? Hell, yes. -- Generics solve the non-problem of casting And add in troubles that are everlasting. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
