C# has improved greatly since this article was written, but replace it with Java and this piece is still sadly relevant today. The point is not that C# is bad,

C# has improved greatly since this article was written, but replace it with Java and this piece is still sadly relevant today. The point is not that C# is bad, it's that using outdated tools can make it impossible or impractical to apply the kind of knowledge that many programmers today consider nigh-essential.