Originally Posted by
Schmidt
Exactly.
vNext is not "a step forward" it's backpaddling to "things that have worked and still work well" (native compilation, no VM).
Convinced C++ Developers are simply shaking their heads about all those "explorers in .NET-land",
who wasted time, money and efforts with "things they were sold as fashionable" -
(despite MS not using .NET for all their critical products - just to give you one other reason,
why some people never "moved on").
Amazing, that the guys who were fooled, always paint those who recognized this MS-foolishness
early (skipping the whole adventure), as "backward-oriented and slow idiots", incapable of "progress" -
not even now recognizing, that "the emperor was naked all the time".
Well, mostly those who are manipulated, recognize at least "that something is wrong,
smells fishy" - and that's the insecurity dilettante (rightly) pointed out.
It shows in over-proportionate aggressiveness (which has its roots in insecurity) -
and it shows in "defending the manipulator" (an automatic protection-mechanism,
to avoid admitting "being manipulated" to oneself).
Just some stuff to think about in "silent contemplation"... ;)
Olaf