Warp wrote:
> Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> OOC, have you ever looked at C# yourself?
> 
>   Not really. From what I understand, it's a kind of "C++ with the same
> limitations as Java".

Not really. It's more like "this is what Java would be like if we threw 
it away and started over from scratch, knowing what we learned from the 
first Java."

>   Just the reason for its existence repulses me: Since Microsoft had to
> abandon their own, standard-breaking version of Java 

It didn't break the Java standard. It ran more acceptance tests 
correctly than Sun's implementation did.  It also offered a way to 
access Microsoft functionality from within Java.

Which is not to say C# isn't designed as a Java killer, mind. :-)

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   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     On what day did God create the body thetans?

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