C# (and the possiblity of IronPython/Ruby/etc) is a much better language than Java, with many things that make it both nicer and more flexible/powerful to work

C# (and the possiblity of IronPython/Ruby/etc) is a much better language than Java, with many things that make it both nicer and more flexible/powerful to work with. I also must admit that I much prefer the .Net library, and the ability of C# and friends to take advantage of operator-overloading (something you can't do in Java) to actually use helpful syntax elements (such as bracket read/write to dictionaries, etc.). Besides, I still feel like a 2nd class citizen with Java anyways... I use as few Microsoft products in my daily work/school life as I possibly can, but after using C#/Xna to make a few games in my classes, I was extremely impressed by C# and .Net. It's just too bad Microsoft is so draconian about everything, or else I wouldn't mind having C# as one of my primary languages right next to Python, PHP, and C/Lua...