xxxxxxx: you're using C#?
onawoleco: Yeah! and its sweet
onawoleco:
onawoleco: what would u recommend?
xxxxxxx: recommend?? how do you mean???
onawoleco: I was wondering y u asked if I used C#
onawoleco: So i thot u had another language in mind
xxxxxxx: you need to use what you "think in".you see i was trying to learn C# but i
onawoleco: So what do u think in?
xxxxxxx: but i need to know its advantages b4 moving in...
onawoleco: What do u "Think In"
onawoleco: It has all the advantage of Java
onawoleco: its smoother and simpler
onawoleco: but better features
onawoleco: and soon Generics will be introduced which is a better implementation of Templates in C++
xxxxxxx: actually "C++"
xxxxxxx: but i suspect there is a very strong similarity b/w them. thats why i am considering it
onawoleco: I do think in C++ too but commercial product always have stringent deadline of which C++ is not appropriate
onawoleco: There is
onawoleco: Same syntax
xxxxxxx: very much like visual c++ (i suspect)
onawoleco: Only u cannot will miss some features in C++
onawoleco: though most has better replacement in it
onawoleco: Not really
onawoleco: VC++ -> MFC is trying to give C++ an OOP look
onawoleco: everything in C# is an object
onawoleco: there is nothing like primitives
onawoleco: like u can say 3.ToString()
onawoleco: This is impossible in C++
onawoleco: but in C# numerics are classes too
onawoleco: Sorry objects too
xxxxxxx: what is my fastest way of learning C#?
onawoleco: Get a book on it
onawoleco: Thinking in C# could be okay
onawoleco: read from the numerous articles on the internet
onawoleco: I learnt a lot thru that way
onawoleco: and join a .Net user group
onawoleco: I am starting a very strong one in Naija soon
xxxxxxx: like which group?
onawoleco: Check www.gotdotnet.com
onawoleco: U will find numerous leads
xxxxxxx: or which website has good tutorials?
onawoleco: read articles from www.codeproject.com, www.theserverside.com
onawoleco: Gotdotnet supports MS passport
onawoleco: all u will use is
onawoleco: The other is quite easy to get one
xxxxxxx: so C# creates stand-alone applications just like MFC does?
onawoleco: Better and Quicker than MFC
onawoleco: .Net compiled codes are not in Binaries like C++
onawoleco: and MFC alike
onawoleco: C# compiled codes are in IL
onawoleco: which is more like Java bytecodes
onawoleco: but better than Java bytecodes 'cos it is in itself OO
onawoleco: This what the .Net CLR understands and execute
onawoleco: it actually uses JIT
onawoleco: Just-In-Time compilation
onawoleco: which is an optmized compilation anyway
onawoleco: so u may experience the running slow the first time u execute
onawoleco: subsequent time, its faster
onawoleco: The IL made it possible to have language agnostics on .Net
onawoleco: which means it is language neutral
xxxxxxx: this will only run on systems which have .Net installed?
onawoleco: U can program in any language as long as there is compiler to compile to IL
onawoleco: Sure on systems with .Net framework
onawoleco: Just as u cannot run a java code without a JRE
onawoleco: This gives u lighter exectables
xxxxxxx: what is IL?
onawoleco: Intermediate Language
xxxxxxx: .Net can be installed on Win98?
onawoleco: Sure!
xxxxxxx: i will start off tonight! have some kind of tutorials which i save on my notebook about five weeks ago
onawoleco: C# also comes with a garbage collector
onawoleco: better than Java GC
onawoleco: Gooooooooooooooooo
onawoleco: Feel free to ask any que. Will sure like to help
onawoleco: and u can join my group
xxxxxxx: i have never understood that concept.. "garbage collector"
onawoleco: I will even need u to enter
onawoleco: as soon as I have the draft plan
onawoleco: I will let u see it
xxxxxxx: is it like clearing up unallocated memory?
onawoleco: In C++ u have what u call destructors
onawoleco: yeah it clears unused memory
onawoleco: U sure know what u used destructors for
onawoleco: but sometimes, developers get careless
onawoleco: and forget to clear up allocated memories
xxxxxxx: i mean like freeing allocated memory after use?
onawoleco: which leads to memory leakage
onawoleco: Not immediately after use
onawoleco: at specific time determined by the system
onawoleco: The concept of pointers make momory leakage even more on C++
onawoleco: which is y C# and Java avoided pointers
onawoleco: Though C# provided a workaround under the unbrella of DELEGATES
onawoleco: thats another powerful concept in C#
xxxxxxx: then i will start up with c#, one has to update with time
onawoleco: Sure
onawoleco: thats y I made the decision sometimes ago
onawoleco: even though I still code in VC++ and VC++.Net
