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I’ve heard the same thing mentioned before, but I wonder if the same principles are still held firm or if it’s a new day. I think in the last 20 years C# has ac

I’ve heard the same thing mentioned before, but I wonder if the same principles are still held firm or if it’s a new day. I think in the last 20 years C# has accumulated quite a bit of complexity that makes me doubt that the language designers are still firm on this. Take Roslin for an example. I think that some concerns about possible complexity brought on by AOP are true, but I think they are pretty comparable to what one might be concerned about as it relates to Roslin. But I am not trying to convince anyone really, I am just answering the posters question: what do I wish was added to C#.

hackerfromthefu 5y ago
For anyone not familiar, Roslyn is the language server for compilation, analysis and refactoring of code. I don't understand the premise of your post but I would like to. How does having these advanced features at the code compilation stage which is used by compiler and visual studio plugin programmers, have any affect on the complexity of application developers? The application developer doesn't have to think about Roslyn/language server at all, they just consume it's features. The application developer is concerned with the complexity/magic in the code, not how the code was compiled?
- VincentEvans 5y ago
  Perhaps I am not referring to the correct technology/feature if you find it so confusing? In my post all I was trying to say is that enabling writing code that generates predicates, expressions etc, literally syntactical building blocks of more code - via code in an inception-like manner - seems to be at least equally complex an endeavor as somewhat arguably non-trivial matter of creating or using python-like AOP decorator “proxies”. So presence of Roslyn kind of disproves that the emphasis on simplicity is still in effect, at least in my mind. Hope that clears up my point.

hackerfromthefu 5y ago

For anyone not familiar, Roslyn is the language server for compilation, analysis and refactoring of code. I don't understand the premise of your post but I would like to. How does having these advanced features at the code compilation stage which is used by compiler and visual studio plugin programmers, have any affect on the complexity of application developers? The application developer doesn't have to think about Roslyn/language server at all, they just consume it's features. The application developer is concerned with the complexity/magic in the code, not how the code was compiled?

VincentEvans 5y ago
Perhaps I am not referring to the correct technology/feature if you find it so confusing? In my post all I was trying to say is that enabling writing code that generates predicates, expressions etc, literally syntactical building blocks of more code - via code in an inception-like manner - seems to be at least equally complex an endeavor as somewhat arguably non-trivial matter of creating or using python-like AOP decorator “proxies”. So presence of Roslyn kind of disproves that the emphasis on simplicity is still in effect, at least in my mind. Hope that clears up my point.