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by planarhobbit 1483 days ago
Early comment in the thread but I wonder if the overall “zeitgeist” opinion of C#/.NET/Microsoft has changed. Used to be in /. days that a lot of people stayed away from Microsoft stuff, preferring Python, Ruby. Then Stack Overflow came and things slowly started shifting.

I do internal dev tooling in C#. It’s one of the best languages out there for raw “get shit done” prowess. I’ve used many languages throughout the decades, some more elegant than others. Like others, I’m a bit wary of the explosion of syntax shortcuts and alternatives, but whatever, its no big deal. It’s a great all-around, general purpose language. I would love to use F# more but I don’t think some decisions they’ve made would go over well with many people.
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BlargMcLarg 1483 days ago
At least looking at job boards, there's a problem with .NET mostly being stuck in its own stack with little overlap while many jobs existing scoff at the idea of e.g. letting Java and .NET devs jump from one to another. Which leaves .NET in a weird position of having to go all-in, even if it has a high market share.

Without that stigma it's fine, .NET has a lot of answers to various things even if you have to deal with the Microsoft flavor. Similar to Java which still dominates most of the market in the same space.

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jb1991 1483 days ago
> I don’t think some decisions they’ve made would go over well with many people

I'd love to know more about what you think and are referring to.

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