C#, while somewhat unweildy,
I am very impressed with C#. It is cleaner and more lightweight than Java (based on the Petshop comparison) and eliminates the issues with C++. Basically Microsoft watched the development of Java and C++ and waited for enough hindsight to improve on the flaws of both.

I have been very impressed with this language through 18 chapters of a textbook I am reading on it. It is OO through and through with no un-necessary baggage and a very nice object model. Not only that, but the Visual Studio IDE has excellent help.

while C#.NET works very well in Windows scripting environments, it doesn't do the job on other platforms.
I used to think this, but C#/.Net are standardized ECMA languages and technologies. And MONO is a robust Linux/other OS implementation of .NET.
Add to that, both languages are horrible for the "quick one-off" applications that solve so many business problems in the typical organization.
Or, you might say: "it is horrible to cobble up quick one-off applications" because of the resulting issues with documentation and code quality :)

I am the recipient of a large body of such "quick one-off" Perl scripts (I dont think "application" is ever one-off , do you?). And personally, I would rather something take longer and be well syntax-checked and modelled and documented for future developers than what I have to deal with now.

Not only that, but I think you will find C#.NET much faster for rapid GUI development.

In reply to Re: The Enterprise Language Trinity by metaperl
in thread The Enterprise Language Trinity by radiantmatrix

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