Warp wrote:
>   I suppose, thus, that it's usually much easier for a competent C++
> programmer to start writing efficient C# programs for the XBox than
> for a competent Java programmer.

Well, I don't know about "efficient", but at least one that isn't 
inefficient because it uses too much garbage collection. (Incidentally, 
there really isn't any problem on Windows. It's just the "compact" .NET 
framework that's a problem, if it's even a problem.)

I ran into a couple of places where I got caught/confused because I was 
using arrays of classes (i.e., reference types) and I switched to using 
structs (i.e., value types), and I tried to update things in place (which of 
course failed). At which point I went "Oh *that's* what C++ references are 
for..."   Fortunately, I figured out what I had done after going "what in 
the world did I change that could have broken *that* module?" for about 10 
minutes.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
    C# - a language whose greatest drawback
    is that its best implementation comes
    from a company that doesn't hate Microsoft.

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