Am 14.08.2012 12:46, schrieb Invisible:
> On 14/08/2012 11:17 AM, clipka wrote:
>
>> So, how many (mainstream) programming languages have you seen that
>> actually /do/ work this way?
>>
>> C# is pretty "innovative" in that respect.
>
> If doing things right rather than copying the old kludges that everybody
> else uses is "innovative", then sure...

That's exactly my ppint.

> My real concerns about C# are that they seem to have added a feature for
> everything, rather than step back and look for a simpler, more elegant
> design that solves everything, not just the things they added specific
> features for.

C# was never meant to win a design contest. It was meant to be a decent 
everyday programming language.

Besides, there's no such thing as as an elegant design that solves 
everything [with reasonable effort for the language user]. Many tasks 
require certain common design patterns you don't want to re-implement 
over and over again, so one way or another you'd end up adding layers on 
top of that elegant design, which - because the elegant design doesn't 
provide them out of the box - will often be far from elegant to use.

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