Comment Re:Tried .NET a year ago (Score 1) 583
I really enjoy reading discussion on Slashdot, but I have long since tired of reading general negative statements about a technology, with the implication that a competing technology is superior. It is all too easy to make blanket statements such as "(bad) Win32 APIs" whether you understand what you are talking about or not.
I tend to dismiss comments like this as either ill-informed, poorly though out, or based on ideology rather than an understanding of the facts.
If you are going to refer to "bad Win32 APIs," or make other such general statement, please back it up with an enlightening example or two to add some authority to your statement. WHY do you feel the design of the API is bad? HOW would you change the design to make it better? WHAT programming tasks or constructs are clumsy because of the API's design? I understand these points may be tangential to the primary discussion, but even a little evidence to support a position would be nice.
My same point applies when I read members bash a programming language (on this system, usually Microsoft ones) but don't give specific reasons to support their assertions.
There is too much ideology on here and too little objective discussion of facts, which dilutes the value of Slashdot.
In my opinion.
I tend to dismiss comments like this as either ill-informed, poorly though out, or based on ideology rather than an understanding of the facts.
If you are going to refer to "bad Win32 APIs," or make other such general statement, please back it up with an enlightening example or two to add some authority to your statement. WHY do you feel the design of the API is bad? HOW would you change the design to make it better? WHAT programming tasks or constructs are clumsy because of the API's design? I understand these points may be tangential to the primary discussion, but even a little evidence to support a position would be nice.
My same point applies when I read members bash a programming language (on this system, usually Microsoft ones) but don't give specific reasons to support their assertions.
There is too much ideology on here and too little objective discussion of facts, which dilutes the value of Slashdot.
In my opinion.