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Comment by Const-me

2 years ago

My favourite languages are C# and C++, and sometimes I interview developers to work with them. Saying these languages are lacking libraries or good tools is unreasonable.

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BeetleB  2 years ago

True, but it's trivial to come up with things to dislike in C++ :-)

  • Const-me  2 years ago

    Great point on C++, but it’s harder for C#. The language and ecosystem are IMO pretty good.

    I only hate that Microsoft stopped shipping modern .NET runtime with Windows. A few annoying things though, like the recent push towards AOT compilation (IMO strictly worse that JIT), and the lack of a good first-party cross platform GUI frameworks (for example Microsoft could compile d2d1.dll with DXVK, reimplement dwrite.dll API on top of FreeType / HarfBuzz, and copy-paste UWP).

    • CrimsonCape  2 years ago

      What I dislike about C# is how much effort is needed to get a minimal environment. Rust and Python make simple code compilation quick and easy.

      Let's assume I want to use a C# script .csx file. The CSX filetype seems to be Microsoft's flavor of attempting to "make it simple". I write a hello world. Now what do I do with the .csx?

      I have no idea how to compile that with modern dot net.

      It appears csi.exe would have been the answer, but now Roslyn seems to be the current best practice. No idea what to do though

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