I've had a good look at C# over the last 12 months and my first thoughts were why did MS invent this language with the myriad of other languages we have, but giving it a chance i think it's a great language for developing windows forms apps. I'm sure it could be as equally as powerful for game programming also. I however, will stick to C/C++ for gaming applications though as there is a massive wealth of resources on it.

Quote:Original post by rapidarp
Is it better than C or C++?

Yes*.

Quote:What can it do?

Probably most things that you would want it to.

Quote:Is the "New Language of the Age" or something?

No.

John B

* This statement is based on the following evidence:
Of the people I know who have tried C# and are in any kind of position to judge its merits, they all like it and prefer it to C++ and C. The only time I have seen C# being judged as poor (by people with the experience to judge) has been in comparisons with other languages entirely (for example: Common Lisp). Those same people give the same or worse judgement of C++ and C.
As I am only in the early stages of learning C# myself, I don't think I really have the necessary experience to include my own opinion in the evidence, but having said that, I like it so far.

No doubt many people will reply saying that you have to judge a programming language in context and that saying "C# is better than C++" is an empty statement. Yes, of course this is true. Nevertheless, I believe the majority of reasonably experienced programmers who have used both C++ and C# would say they prefer C# (even if they continue to use C++, for reasons of portability/existing code base/experience/whatever.)

The best thing about C# is the tools for it. Play with a C# project in the new version of Visual Studio and you'll see what I mean.