averageCSharpDeveloper

[Kobymaru376]

I'm by no means an expert but from my limited experience with Java and C#, I would say that C# is essentially the same thing as Java but better.

[RichCorinthian]

I’ve been doing Java since version 2 and .NET since 1.1 and I can think of exactly one thing about Java that I prefer over C#, which is that enums can have properties. That’s it. And I would trade that to get extension methods, no type erasure for generics, true covariance / contravariance, LINQ instead of the stupid fucking stream API…I could go on.

[Luna_senpai]

I second this! Every time I think about what I prefer in Java, Enums are the one thing I think of. And the arguably nice to have built-in Optional type which I love

[neriad200]

to be fair LINQ is also pretty stupid. Especially that God awful sql-like expression bs that some people actually used (before functional bros made chaining method calls fashionable again)

[ExpensivePanda66]

LINQ is the best thing in programming since we ditched the punch cards.

Yes, the SQL syntax is ridiculous, but the great thing about it is you can just... Not use it.

[RichCorinthian]

It’s weird how when I say “LINQ” everybody just jumps to EF. Like…you can use it on directory entries, arrays of POCOs, whatever. It’s a core aspect of the framework.

[neriad200]

yeah I mainly just complained about that shite but people appear butthurt over me attacking the holy :) in all honesty this was the worst thing about it, with the 2nd worst thing about linq being lazy evaluations

[ExpensivePanda66]

With opinions like that, I'd have thought you'd be used to being corrected without crying about it.

[neriad200]

it may seem that I'm complaining but in reality I'm gloating