[Gllug] OT(ish): Advice

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On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Sudhir Anand uttered the following:
> Do you know where C# fits in?  Is it similar to C++?  I understand that it is 
> C++ without pointer concept.

C# has generic pointers (under a different name), just as Java has; all
it lacks is pointer arithmetic (and hence any in-language concept of
iterators; they have to be bolted on in the libraries just as in Java).

C#, like Java, lacks templates, so is drastically different from C++
(much simpler, sure, but IMHO much less expressive).

IMNSHO it's just another example of MS's overweening NIH syndrome.

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