Re: [ROOT] ROOT C# port

From: Joe Robe (joer00@bellsouth.net)
Date: Tue Apr 09 2002 - 18:33:00 MEST


Brett,

Sorry, but I cant believe your post ! Why bother ?? Because with c# you have

- no pointer shit which makes everyone mad who is not a professional
programmer
- no memory leaks
- no dll, regsvr32 etc shit anymore
- TRUE ype safety
- superb OOP support with even integer beeing an object
- all what you need BASIC types (strings, collections etc.)
- no dictionary files
- superb integrated GUI development, no need for moc files etc.
- object oriented database module build in
- true oop acces to file and security system AND to the compiler (try do
this with CINT !)
- security settings on exe level (well I guess UNIX had that before, but not
windoze)

and much more.

It would be nice if the developers at root would think in USER terms and not
only in developer terms :) Ask any root user how much time they spend
developing and debugging code in comparison to do their ACTUAL work ! C# and
.NET is about PRODUCTIVITY, I cant wait to go back to my REAL work instead
of debugging root/qt and whatever problems.

Just my 2 cents

Joe

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brett Viren" <bv@bnl.gov>
To: "Anton Fokin" <anton.fokin@smartquant.com>
Cc: "roottalk" <roottalk@pcroot.cern.ch>
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: [ROOT] ROOT C# port


> Anton Fokin writes:
>  > I am curious if you are thinking about ROOT C# port... taking into
account
>  > MONO initiative on Linux. ?
>
> Although it sounds flippant, a serious question: Why bother?
>
> What benefit, other than buzzword compliance, would a C# port buy?
> Scripting? No, got that.  Network communication? No, got that.
> Cryptic syntax? No, got that. (okay, that one was flippant <grin>).
>
> -Brett.



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