Is C# a Good language to learn?

**Zach Elfers** · Dec 13th, 2002, 10:36 PM

Is C# a good language to learn?

**Edneeis** · Dec 13th, 2002, 10:39 PM

Yes.

**Zach Elfers** · Dec 13th, 2002, 10:41 PM

Thanx.

**Wen Lie** · Dec 17th, 2002, 11:07 PM

Originally posted by Zach Elfers
Is C# a good language to learn?

yeah, great language to learn. quite easy compare to Visual C++

**BOUND4DOOM** · Dec 18th, 2002, 10:48 PM

Yes it is, you didn;t say what you were familiar with, but come from a very strong VB background, switching to VB.net was very easy because I while the prior VB never forced you to be Object oriented I always programed it that way, once you get the justs of OO well it just makes to much sense to do it any other way.

Anyway i am switching myself to C# because from what I have done with it so far has been impressive and I fell like I have a lot more control and options than i did in VB, plus the language is pretty strict which is also a good thing you produce better code because your forced to. I can still sit down and make something 3 times as fast in VB but I still force myself to do it in C#, I know the only reason i can do it faster is because i know the syntax and commands of VB very well. I will get faster in C#

**CornedBee** · Dec 22nd, 2002, 02:17 PM

You're quite bound to get a positive answer here, don't you think so?

**made_of_asp** · Dec 26th, 2002, 07:39 PM

C# is a great language to learn, especially if you choose it over VB. It will make C++ easier to learn later on.

But if you have slow computer, SharpDevelop runs like an arse

!

**CornedBee** · Dec 27th, 2002, 05:58 AM

That applies for the whole VS.NET. Don't use it unless you have at the absolute minimum 256MB RAM.

**VBGOD** · Dec 28th, 2002, 06:50 PM

Yeah, VS.NET is very heavy.

**Yonatan** · Dec 29th, 2002, 06:54 AM

No. C# is a bad idea to learn.

You're quite bound to get a positive answer here, don't you think so?

No.

**CornedBee** · Dec 29th, 2002, 02:39 PM

Not if people like you and me come around.

But what if we didn't?

**Yonatan** · Dec 29th, 2002, 03:59 PM

Then people would waste X years of their life learning C#, then discover how much it sux, and finally, spend (note the use of "spend" as opposed to "waste") some time learning C++.

Solve for X.

**CornedBee** · Dec 29th, 2002, 04:28 PM

The only ray of light is that X(C#) is rather small.

**Yonatan** · Dec 29th, 2002, 04:35 PM

Not necessarily. It's still a waste either way though. Don't learn C#.

**CornedBee** · Dec 29th, 2002, 04:40 PM

Yep. Learn C++. If you REALLY want to (or if you, like me, just have too much time on your hands) learn C# it's a hop of 20 minutes.

**Yonatan** · Dec 29th, 2002, 05:10 PM

Or if you, like me, can forsee the future destruction and mayhem caused by .NET, avoid C#. (I'm proud to say I don't know it.)

**Lethal** · Dec 29th, 2002, 07:32 PM

Or if you, like me, can forsee the future destruction and mayhem caused by .NET, avoid C#. (I'm proud to say I don't know it.)

Yonatan,
Did Microsoft turn you down on a job opening or something??

Or if you, like me, can forsee the future increase in yearly household income caused by .NET, embrace C#. (I'm proud to say I know it.)

**made_of_asp** · Dec 29th, 2002, 07:44 PM

Originally posted by BOUND4DOOM
Yes it is, you didn;t say what you were familiar with, but come from a very strong VB background, switching to VB.net was very easy because I while the prior VB never forced you to be Object oriented I always programed it that way, once you get the justs of OO well it just makes to much sense to do it any other way.

Anyway i am switching myself to C# because from what I have done with it so far has been impressive and I fell like I have a lot more control and options than i did in VB, plus the language is pretty strict which is also a good thing you produce better code because your forced to. I can still sit down and make something 3 times as fast in VB but I still force myself to do it in C#, I know the only reason i can do it faster is because i know the syntax and commands of VB very well. I will get faster in C#

I dont think C# offers much that VB.NET doesnt have (yet). After All, they both come from the framework. C Style Syntax syntax r0x0rz though!

**Yonatan** · Dec 30th, 2002, 09:53 AM

Originally posted by Lethal
Yonatan,
Did Microsoft turn you down on a job opening or something??

No, I doubt Microsoft would hire me anyway (due to my age.)

Or if you, like me, can forsee the future increase in yearly household income caused by .NET, embrace C#. (I'm proud to say I know it.)

I don't know, I can foresee* an extreme future decrease. But I'm the only one who thinks so.

**Scott Penner** · Jan 4th, 2003, 03:53 PM

Yonatan, if you think it's too hard to learn, there's no shame in saying so!

**Yonatan** · Jan 4th, 2003, 05:37 PM

LOL

**made_of_asp** · Jan 4th, 2003, 06:26 PM

I reckon in about a year we will find out what .NET is really for and where it is going to be used. Right now, I think it is replacing VB6.

.NET will probably kill off Java because of better perfomance. Yet, Java is still a great language.

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