Do languages need constant evolution to be seen as successful? As a recent post said, look at c++
Mike On Wed, 29 June 2022, 11:06 Dr Greg Low via ozdotnet, <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> wrote: > In fact, the messaging changed fairly abruptly. > > > > Compare Kathleen’s article in Nov 2018: > https://devblogs.microsoft.com/vbteam/visual-basic-in-net-core-3-0/ > > > > With the one 15 months later: > https://devblogs.microsoft.com/vbteam/visual-basic-support-planned-for-net-5-0/ > > > > Regards, > > > > Greg > > > > Dr Greg Low > > > > 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile > > SQL Down Under | Web: https://sqldownunder.com | About Greg: > https://about.me/greg.low > > > > *From:* Greg Keogh <gfke...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, 29 June 2022 11:21 AM > *To:* ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> > *Cc:* David Burstin <david.burs...@gmail.com>; David Kean < > david.k...@microsoft.com>; Dr Greg Low <g...@sqldownunder.com> > *Subject:* Re: It's that time of year - F# > > > > Mind you, there have been many interesting languages over the years. And > their fate has not always seemed logical. > > > > I think a year ago I said something like ... I was excited about F# when > it first came out, but never got to write any production software using it. > Whenever I sat down to write something serious I got bogged down in choices > and syntax details and "bridging" over to other C# libraries to do the > heavy lifting. There were lots of other irritations like long searches for > good samples, less tooling, less (and bewildering) documentation, smaller > community, lack of T4 templates, etc. If I were writing lots of algorithmic > code then F# would be a superior choice and all the "bridging" would be > pushed to the edges, but lots of typical LOB coding is best done in C#. > > > > C# has evolved so far now that it must be the best hybrid language in > popular use by a long shot, and its functional features are deflating F#'s > functional fame. The downside is that C# is accumulating so many features > that I can't remember them all, so I'm thankful when Visual Studio light > bulbs appear and remind me to replace my force-of-habit clumsy code. I hope > they ease off on new C# features in the future, I don't want it to turn > into C++ 20/23 or PL/I <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PL/I> (the language > that was going to solve every problem in the world). > > > > Cheers, *Greg K* > > > > P.S. What happened to VB.NET? No sarcasm, it just seems to have dropped > out of articles and announcements. > -- > ozdotnet mailing list > To manage your subscription, access archives: https://codify.mailman3.com/
