Comments on: The One Computer Language Without Complaint http://soisilicon.com/2010/01/05/the-one-computer-language-without-complaint/ Silicon Valley Refugee Living in Southeast Asia Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:32:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://soisilicon.com/2010/01/05/the-one-computer-language-without-complaint/comment-page-1/#comment-9 admin Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:21:12 +0000 http://soisilicon.com/?p=18#comment-9 <a href="#comment-6" rel="nofollow">@Anthony Feint </a> One thing that makes me jealous of PHP is the ease in writing Facebook applications since it's the native language of FB. I stopped trying to make one using C# awhile ago. @Anthony Feint
One thing that makes me jealous of PHP is the ease in writing Facebook applications since it’s the native language of FB. I stopped trying to make one using C# awhile ago.

]]> By: admin http://soisilicon.com/2010/01/05/the-one-computer-language-without-complaint/comment-page-1/#comment-8 admin Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:17:27 +0000 http://soisilicon.com/?p=18#comment-8 <a href="#comment-5" rel="nofollow">@Chinarut </a> I use Javascript. Client-side script lets you do a lot of cool stuff like Ajax. I've never looked into Java. @Chinarut
I use Javascript. Client-side script lets you do a lot of cool stuff like Ajax. I’ve never looked into Java.

]]> By: admin http://soisilicon.com/2010/01/05/the-one-computer-language-without-complaint/comment-page-1/#comment-7 admin Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:11:32 +0000 http://soisilicon.com/?p=18#comment-7 <a href="#comment-6" rel="nofollow">@Anthony Feint </a> MySpace, Plenty of Fish, and Dell use ASP.NET (which implies either C# or VB.NET). If I ever have a web site that even needs to scale that well, I'll be more than happy :) @Anthony Feint
MySpace, Plenty of Fish, and Dell use ASP.NET (which implies either C# or VB.NET). If I ever have a web site that even needs to scale that well, I’ll be more than happy :)

]]> By: Anthony Feint http://soisilicon.com/2010/01/05/the-one-computer-language-without-complaint/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Anthony Feint Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:09:18 +0000 http://soisilicon.com/?p=18#comment-6 Personally I don't think C# is a good language for web applications. As much as people bag PHP, its what the big websites use to scale - the best developers I know work in PHP and Python (some in ROR). Personally I don’t think C# is a good language for web applications. As much as people bag PHP, its what the big websites use to scale – the best developers I know work in PHP and Python (some in ROR).

]]> By: Chinarut http://soisilicon.com/2010/01/05/the-one-computer-language-without-complaint/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Chinarut Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:59:45 +0000 http://soisilicon.com/?p=18#comment-5 great to see u in this conversation - i just crammed Objective C so i could get a sense of iPhone programming and leave the back door open for desktop apps and who knows what else Apple has up their sleeve. based on your comments, I will def look at a C# book the next i hit the library or bookstore! btw - did u toss Java/Javascript out the door? I'm definitely shopping for languages that simplify UI programming... great to see u in this conversation – i just crammed Objective C so i could get a sense of iPhone programming and leave the back door open for desktop apps and who knows what else Apple has up their sleeve.

based on your comments, I will def look at a C# book the next i hit the library or bookstore!

btw – did u toss Java/Javascript out the door?

I’m definitely shopping for languages that simplify UI programming…

]]> By: David R. MacIver http://soisilicon.com/2010/01/05/the-one-computer-language-without-complaint/comment-page-1/#comment-4 David R. MacIver Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:02:12 +0000 http://soisilicon.com/?p=18#comment-4 For what it's worth, I don't use C# much but find it to be a relatively pleasant language, but that its infrastructure and ecosystem are particularly annoying and its effectively windows-only nature makes it basically useless to me (I'm aware of mono, but find it to be a bit worst-of-all-worlds). Also given the huge pile of features in C# 3, I don't think it can be accused of an excessive ease of use. :-) For what it’s worth, I don’t use C# much but find it to be a relatively pleasant language, but that its infrastructure and ecosystem are particularly annoying and its effectively windows-only nature makes it basically useless to me (I’m aware of mono, but find it to be a bit worst-of-all-worlds).

Also given the huge pile of features in C# 3, I don’t think it can be accused of an excessive ease of use. :-)

]]> By: admin http://soisilicon.com/2010/01/05/the-one-computer-language-without-complaint/comment-page-1/#comment-3 admin Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:58:48 +0000 http://soisilicon.com/?p=18#comment-3 Haha, true. I have a theory that some hard-core programmers don't like C# because to some extent the ease-of-use commoditizes the art of programming, but only at the fringes. Haha, true. I have a theory that some hard-core programmers don’t like C# because to some extent the ease-of-use commoditizes the art of programming, but only at the fringes.

]]> By: David R. MacIver http://soisilicon.com/2010/01/05/the-one-computer-language-without-complaint/comment-page-1/#comment-2 David R. MacIver Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:26:35 +0000 http://soisilicon.com/?p=18#comment-2 Of course, an alternative theory is that what stopped C# from getting comments was the clause "It specifically has to be a language you use at least semi-regularly and like" ;-) Of course, an alternative theory is that what stopped C# from getting comments was the clause “It specifically has to be a language you use at least semi-regularly and like” ;-)

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