Traci Sumpter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I would like to hear from .Net (And Delphi.NET) developers
> who are willing
> to inform me of the benefits of .NET.
>
+ its the next version of Visual Studio (and lets VB Programmers
think they (we) are really doing programming.)
+ GC second time around rocks (never got the hang of it in
Java).
+ Libraries are all supplied by the vendor gives a
reasonably common approach (from the little I've seen).
(Delphi db components are pretty good, but the
differences between the net components (indy etc) are pretty
harsh).
+ Meta programming-ish stuff - collections, reflection,
generics
+ Still can't beat the C-derivatives for syntax -
for(int i, i < 10, i++)),
c-sharp adds some newer good stuff, like "foreach" for
collections. Like with a stringlist equivalent ArrayList of
string you can do :
forEach (string s in list) {}
And the oo-ness of base types can be nice ( s.subString() and
s.toUpper())
OTOH:
- DB connections, while being a lot more Delphi-ish, *suck*
until you've wrapped them (which is not hard),
theres something weird like you can create a Command object
and set the Connection *or* create a Connection object and
set the Command. (Not sure of the 2 objects involved, but
there are 2 that allow that ambiguity).
- The db-grid does *everything*: parent-child trees and
managing datasets and you can set the types strictly and
it'll iron your shirts.
- Lastly : at some stage C# will collapse under the weight of
its own syntax, as there isn't anyone outside of m$ setting
the standards, and m$ can't say "no" to anyone on syntax
questions - cf. Internet Explorers HTML, and SQL Servers
SQL. They'll basically accept *anything*.
C# already has an "out" param which must be non-null on
procedure exit, and a "ref" param must be non-null on
procedure entry. I'm guessing that at some stage every Delphi,
Java and C program will be valid C#. Useless, but valid.
(Oh, and thats a pretty loose interpretation of your ".Net
developers" requirement. But I've a programmers love for
strict requirements...)
Cheers, Kurt.
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