Comments on: Java and C#: Language Nuances Make You Think Differently http://www.gavaghan.org/blog/2007/07/18/java-and-csharp-language-nuances-make-you-think-differently/ Mike Gavaghan blogs on Java, C#, .Net, and the software industry Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:52:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Raoul Duke http://www.gavaghan.org/blog/2007/07/18/java-and-csharp-language-nuances-make-you-think-differently/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Raoul Duke Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:42:19 +0000 http://www.gavaghan.org/blog/2007/07/18/java-and-c-language-nuances-make-you-think-differently/#comment-117 lots of subjectivity in all these things, but a) i think C# delegates are maybe less evil than Java, but are still pretty much total crap vs. being able to just pass a function like in Perl or Scala or Haskell. b) inheritance is, basically, evil, triply so in languages which do not help you distinguish between sub-classing (for code reuse) and sub-typing (which is what you need for correct polymorphic usage of subclass-and-baseclass). neither Java nor C# come anywhere remotely close to a decent approach to dealing with those issues, more is the pity. ($0.02 from me, not guaranteed to be correct for anybody else's perspective :-) lots of subjectivity in all these things, but

a) i think C# delegates are maybe less evil than Java, but are still pretty much total crap vs. being able to just pass a function like in Perl or Scala or Haskell.

b) inheritance is, basically, evil, triply so in languages which do not help you distinguish between sub-classing (for code reuse) and sub-typing (which is what you need for correct polymorphic usage of subclass-and-baseclass). neither Java nor C# come anywhere remotely close to a decent approach to dealing with those issues, more is the pity.

($0.02 from me, not guaranteed to be correct for anybody else’s perspective :-)

]]> By: tonywestonuk http://www.gavaghan.org/blog/2007/07/18/java-and-csharp-language-nuances-make-you-think-differently/comment-page-1/#comment-4 tonywestonuk Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:00:09 +0000 http://www.gavaghan.org/blog/2007/07/18/java-and-c-language-nuances-make-you-think-differently/#comment-4 Have you looked at PropertyChangeSupport class?.... It makes it much easier to implements the Observer pattern... Have a look here: http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t19476.html Have you looked at PropertyChangeSupport class?…. It makes it much easier to implements the Observer pattern… Have a look here: http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t19476.html

]]> By: teppic http://www.gavaghan.org/blog/2007/07/18/java-and-csharp-language-nuances-make-you-think-differently/comment-page-1/#comment-3 teppic Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:53:40 +0000 http://www.gavaghan.org/blog/2007/07/18/java-and-c-language-nuances-make-you-think-differently/#comment-3 Generics hasn't been a great thing for Java. Autoboxing is a bit of a dog-turd-on-the-picnic-blanket too. Attributes are a positive; they're an obvious compliment to a statically typed dynamic language. The thing I miss in C# is checked exceptions. Generics hasn’t been a great thing for Java. Autoboxing is a bit of a dog-turd-on-the-picnic-blanket too. Attributes are a positive; they’re an obvious compliment to a statically typed dynamic language.

The thing I miss in C# is checked exceptions.

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