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Is it just me or did this article just kinda die midway? I was reading with the impression that the Arc Challenge reference was just some example he was going t
by Xichekolas 19y ago
Is it just me or did this article just kinda die midway? I was reading with the impression that the Arc Challenge reference was just some example he was going to use to talk about how we keep oscillating back and forth between thin and thick clients... but then it just ended. I guess showing a bunch of Arc Challenge solutions was the point?
- mechanical_fish 19y agoYeah, it was really more of a trip to the zoo than an afternoon with Richard Dawkins.
- henning 19y agoGiven typical Microsoft attitudes, Hanselman deserves credit for recognizing that languages other than C# and VB.NET exist, and that people actually use them. That's much more than you can ask for from typical Microsoft bloggers who act like the only database anyone uses is SQL Server and the only language people use for web apps is C#.
- gruseom 19y agoI agree. The Microsoft universe is incredibly insular. This is a strange intellectual reflection of the Microsoft-vs.-the-rest-of-the-universe commercial situation that has been the case for so long. If you live in the Microsoft universe, chances are high you identify "innovation in programming technologies" with "Microsoft's latest release". Hanselman stands out for being one of the few who care about (or are even aware of) anything else. But I wish he wouldn't broadcast his ignorance by writing LISP.
- simplegeek 19y agoAbsolutely, I think he just missed the chance of writing a great article. Worth a read though.