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I hate Microsoft as much as your average Gen X tech nerd, but C# is good. I don't care what inspired them to do it.

by garbagecoder 3y ago

ohjfjfk 3y ago
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therein 3y ago
You mean you don't care about Java?
- garbagecoder 3y ago
  I also hate Oracle. Now what?
  - flerchin 3y ago
    OpenJDK, that's what.
- JohnFen 3y ago
  Microsoft is terrible in almost every way, but I admit that I very strongly prefer C# over Java.
seabrookmx 3y ago
C# is great. Also VS Code.. how many Microsoft haters on HN daily drive it? I'd have to assume quite a few! The Remote SSH extension has been a game changer for how I do development.
- garbagecoder 3y ago
  I like VSCode too. I use it for Clojure, Python, and C#, which I am working in this year and haven't for a very, very long time. I was pleasantly surprised at the progress it has made. Ironically compared to Windows, MS has been willing to kill backward compatibility more to improve .NET to make it more cross-platform, something that must come from a very different part of the company, probably the one that got the "DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS" mandate. I make no apologies for their history, but I like these tools and I like them much better than Java, which also has its place. (This isn't a throwaway comment, notice I said I use Clojure, it's my favorite, which runs on the JVM.)
  - tracker1 3y ago
    VS Code is pretty great, and I agree the remote dev extensions (ssh) are hands down the best feature added. I also like that it had a directory tree and the integrated terminal early on, that's what got me hooked. C# is nice, but the experience in VS Code is sub-par and I think it's the VS (not code) managers that are responsible for that state of being.
    - dieortin 3y ago
      Editors have had directory trees and integrated terminals for many years, why is that something you find special?
      - tracker1 3y ago
        I'm not familiar with another code editor with an integrated terminal, at least not one as complete as VS Code's before VS Code. I could be mistaken though.
- szundi 3y ago
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  - vluft 3y ago
    other than both being electron apps (and admittedly electron was made for atom), Atom and VS Code share no common codebase.
  - pianoben 3y ago
    Those are two separate products that were developed independently. Both use Electron and are text-editors, but that's where the similarity ends.
lowbloodsugar 3y ago
C# is great. If only they hadn't made it windows only from the get go there might be a huge ecosystem supporting it instead of java.

I hate Microsoft as much as your average Gen X tech nerd, but C# is good. I don't care what inspired them to do it.

ohjfjfk 3y ago

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therein 3y ago

You mean you don't care about Java?

garbagecoder 3y ago
I also hate Oracle. Now what?
- flerchin 3y ago
  OpenJDK, that's what.
JohnFen 3y ago
Microsoft is terrible in almost every way, but I admit that I very strongly prefer C# over Java.

seabrookmx 3y ago

C# is great. Also VS Code.. how many Microsoft haters on HN daily drive it? I'd have to assume quite a few! The Remote SSH extension has been a game changer for how I do development.

garbagecoder 3y ago
I like VSCode too. I use it for Clojure, Python, and C#, which I am working in this year and haven't for a very, very long time. I was pleasantly surprised at the progress it has made. Ironically compared to Windows, MS has been willing to kill backward compatibility more to improve .NET to make it more cross-platform, something that must come from a very different part of the company, probably the one that got the "DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS" mandate. I make no apologies for their history, but I like these tools and I like them much better than Java, which also has its place. (This isn't a throwaway comment, notice I said I use Clojure, it's my favorite, which runs on the JVM.)
- tracker1 3y ago
  VS Code is pretty great, and I agree the remote dev extensions (ssh) are hands down the best feature added. I also like that it had a directory tree and the integrated terminal early on, that's what got me hooked. C# is nice, but the experience in VS Code is sub-par and I think it's the VS (not code) managers that are responsible for that state of being.
  - dieortin 3y ago
    Editors have had directory trees and integrated terminals for many years, why is that something you find special?
    - tracker1 3y ago
      I'm not familiar with another code editor with an integrated terminal, at least not one as complete as VS Code's before VS Code. I could be mistaken though.
szundi 3y ago
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- vluft 3y ago
  other than both being electron apps (and admittedly electron was made for atom), Atom and VS Code share no common codebase.
- pianoben 3y ago
  Those are two separate products that were developed independently. Both use Electron and are text-editors, but that's where the similarity ends.

lowbloodsugar 3y ago

C# is great. If only they hadn't made it windows only from the get go there might be a huge ecosystem supporting it instead of java.