I am on my 2nd book learning the C# language inside and out. So far I love it and dont see ANY reason to go back to developing C++ applications. I just wanted to see if there are any other fellow C#'ers out there?

If anyone wants a rundown of the advantages of C#, give me a hollar.

C# is great. .NET 2 will introduce generics, similar to C++ templates which will improve things quite nicely. I'd say about 80% of all of my software development is C# right now.

C++ is still my language of choice. When you have to do serious batch processing, nothing compares really.

I agree however I just cant stand how much more code it takes in C++ to do the same thing that c# can do in half if not less.

I would attribute the "less-code" factor more to the fact that C# (and all of .NET for that matter) comes with a huge framework.

In C++ your code shouldn't really be that much more than in C# and in many cases such as heavy use of algorithms (such as std::foreach...) and template generalization / specialization, your code size can be greatly reduced.

Well, I haven't used C# at all, but the reason why I haven't switched to it is because I'm lazy and don't want to learn new ways of doing this. This is probably the reason why a lot of people don't want to switch, because they either don't want or don't have time to figure out whats different and whats the same.

I'm crazy about C# and .Net.

I've worked with VB the last 7 years, and ASP the last 6, and the switch was smooth. I've been doing all new project in C# the last year and a half. I hate when I have to "go back" and work on my old VB projects.

regards,
J.

C# works only if computer has .net framework installed.

C++ works on windows, linux, mac.......

Though I do use C# for ASP.NET applications(sites)

C# can be compiled to use with linux with varying degrees of success and you can be quite successfull :)

check out www.go-mono.com

And here is another opinion on Mono:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/35481.html

Your Borg implants will be delivered by FedEx next week ;)

Originally posted by sylow
C# works only if computer has .net framework installed.

C++ works on windows, linux, mac.......

Though I do use C# for ASP.NET applications(sites)

C# only on windows with .net because XP was a test platform for C#. Longhorn and every future OS is built upon the framework and is mostly coded in C# anyway. You can stick with C++, but C# will be the next thing you will end up learning. C# will also work on macs, linux once someone develops ports for it. however you can already compile in linux so....

Yeah, I am currently learning C++. Pretty easy except when it comes to files.

Yeah i've been working with C#, it's really good and according to me very simple to work with.

that article contains ALOT of false information.

That article was written by someone who made up their mind before actually learning the subject.

Any of you guys know of good C# webpage resources. I hate going to general programming websites since they are all obsessed with PHP and C++ ;) I want to look @ some specific C# only sites.

C++ is a disaster in many ways. Global namespaces for example. However, C# is not the only answer. Java is a pleasure to work in. I would go from C++ to Java. C# is only well-supported on only one platform, which is not the leading server platform these days. But C# has many similarities to Java and whichever one you use is a big step up from an unsafe and tricky language like C++.

Chiral I agree that Java is a good supported answer. However I feel C# is assembled better. I read something about Java not being good for some type of processor (I read it just a yesterday but I cant recall) but I believe it was current processors dont run Java to its full potential. Dont quote me on this since I read it on a forum and I dont code one lick of Java ;)

codeproject.com is a very good site for C# tutorials. Another one worth mentioning is csharpfriends.com If you are on codeproject.com you can see their 'partner' links, many of which have .NET related resources. I recently took a 'web services' course so I had to familiarize myself with C# to some extent. It was by far THE most interesting course I have ever taken.