3 ms·

> Pushing these into an IDE is the Windows way of doing things. s/Windows/modern/ > To win in Unix land, C# needs to be editable in a plain text editor. I gu

• jeswin 1y ago
  I just want to focus on writing functions. Here's a trivial example. I would like: // math/adder.cs public static add(int x, int y) : int { return x + y; } Instead of: // math/adder.cs namespace math { class adder { public static add(int x, int y) : int { return x + y; } } } Both are callable as: math.adder.add(10, 20);
  • politician 1y ago
    Consider: // math/adder.cs package math; …code…
  • metaltyphoon 1y ago
    I agree with the first example. I wish C# could do “free” floating functions which just lives in the namespace itself. Your second example could do with the extra namespace indentation by doing namespace math;
    • tester756 1y ago
      But why? Having to use class/struct instead of free floating funcs tries to force some hierarchy, architecture, etc Which eventually makes the code better *globally*
      • jeswin 1y ago
        I was arguing that the hierarchy is already in your path. The explicit namespace (and even the class name) is redundant if what you want are mostly functions. Currently, you're forced to define the hierarchy in the directory structure, and then again with namespaces. There should be a way to opt out of this.
        • tester756 1y ago
          Ok, I see As of now you can opt out of physical hierarchy (file patches) I think logical hierarchy is better because you avoid stupid things like moving file to other folder causing compilation errors. I've witnessed too much of such issues in C++/cmake world to want it.
  • zvrba 1y ago
    C# allows file-level namespaces so you can write namespace Math; static class Adder { public static int Add(...) { ... } } (one nesting level less). Next, elsewhere you can write namespace Whatever; using static Math.Adder; class CC { void M() { var z = Add(10, 20); // no NS qualification needed due to using static above } } Java enforces directory structure to reflect package names, and this feature is not universally popular.
• claytongulick 1y ago
  Just Linux (not counting other *nix) has a ~63% server market share. [1] That's a lot of sticks and stones. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_sys...
  • speed_spread 1y ago
    Server != Dev Workstation
  • pjmlp 1y ago
    Plenty of those servers run Java, which is where C# kind of comes from due to J++ lawsuit.