from whatever i saw the api looks more like java's.
+ primitives can also be used as Objects using Boxing and Unboxing. They have enums as well.
Overriding is'nt automatic as in Java, u have an option t specify wether u intend to override ..and more stuff like that.
As for the language desing is concerned , my personal opinion is that there's nothing out there to criticize it when compared to java!.
It's but natural that they w'd've looked at java , c++ etc and tried to fix the problems whatsoever.
It's also garbage collected..operator overloading is also allowed..so u kind of literally have everything u can think of except multiple inheritance( i mean implementation inheritance is'nt allowed)
From my limited knowledge, i did'nt like the exception handling strategy though in C#..everything is "unchecked" which is'nt good. So if a guy does'nt look at the api he w'dnt make sure that he catches some important exceptions and do something about it. Well their argument:
"java code looks ugly bcos of numerous try/catch" :-)
Yes from job opportunities, i don't think u w'd get many if u r doing c# now. U have to wait for .NEt to come out..and people to start evaluating/ using it.
It will be sometime before that starts. So learn java and if u feel like u can migrate to c#, if not anything migration w'd be a lot easier.
Ok i had this question about platform independence, someone mentioned it can't work on other platforms but i guess they also have the concept of IL which must be getting interpreted by a virtual machine kind of thing??
Then if someone can provide that layer for linux, it s'd also work on various platforms???
Am not sure if they have given out the IL specs and stuff like that. But i guess nothing stops the IL code from executing on a linux box w/o recompiling if the interpreter is there.
MS probably w'd'nt provide the referne implementation :-) but someone else sure can.
ASP was thought to be slower than
JSP but now i guess they will write C# on server and it w'd'nt be vb script that w'd get interpreted, instead the compiled IL code that w'd be interpreted. So no difference there again.
Just my thoughts..yes i work on and love java :-)
"C# as a language" (no reference to MS tactics/whatever here) looks better equipped than java. No big deal, they just had to look at both the langauges and fit in things from here and there.
Who knows gosling too might change some java lang specs to accomodate somethign more?. But i really am not sure how easy/difficult such things are.
But C# as a language has no problems whatsoever
Just my opinion atleast when compared to java. I like java but i think we need to look at what the other guy has to offer and it's all there.
I guess even c#'s architect is supposed to be brilliant.
was c# not supposed to be submitted to a global body ?
then in that sense it's more open than java?
I guess IBM's (one of the greatest java supporter)
complain against Sun is it's reluctance to submit it to a global body.
I read an article which says that future of java is with IBM and BEA and Sun is irrelevant!!
had some good points to support that too.
I think it w'd be a co-existance rather than someone pushing the other guy out. As for a C# book look out for
C# and the .Net Platform
by Andrew Troelsen
i think it w'd be good. I liked the sample chapters.
or even
Inside C# (language introduction)
learn java and concentrate on design
patterns, OO and stuff like that. They never change.
Learning a language is about learning to use the libraries it comes with...just my feeling.
Syntax can be learnt in a short time.
good luck,
karthik.
