Re: Microsoft Losing Interest in C#?

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From: Frans Bouma [C# MVP] (perseus.usenetNOSPAM_at_xs4all.nl)
Date: 09/18/04


Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 01:45:06 -0700

Mark Rae wrote:

> "Michael Adams" <nomail@nomail.com> wrote in message
> news:loOdnd3Bp_Ep0dbcRVn-pw@speakeasy.net...
>
> > I don't know if you have noticed, but it seems like Microsoft is losing
> > interest in C#, and putting their energy into Visual Basic.NET instead.
>
> I would disagree entirely! If that were the case, why does C# even
> exist...? It's always been my opinion that it was Microsoft's intention to
> come up with a language like C# which had (pretty much) all of the
> functionality of C++ but was (almost) as easy to programme in as VB. I
> think James Curran's point about the number of people still heavily in the
> VB(.NET) camp is spot on, but fully expect that to diminish as C# erodes
> the VB user base.

        I have to say though that with the .NET 2.0 MC++ enhancements, it begins to
look like a very appealing language.

                FB

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