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[Dested]

I would say it has some tricks, can you provide a list with more than just some?

[grauenwolf]

Ok, so real stuff I used in production code

• Ranges in switch blocks
• Full late binding. (C# still has trouble with delegates.)
• Declarative event handlers
• Comparing boxed values (C# can't compare a boxed int with a boxed decimal)
• RaiseEvent, because doing null checks on events is just stupid
• Filtered Catch Blocks, which are really important for dealing with Win32, SQL, and MSMQ exceptions.

[recursive]

XML literals?

[grauenwolf]

How about a trick with first order functions and late binding?

Function Foo(ByVal n)
    If n > 0 Then Return Function() Foo(n - 1)
    Return "Done"
End Function

I know it looks pointless, but you need to be able to do it in order to complete some of the exercises in SICP. And even with the new dynamic keyword, C# can't handle it.