Comments on: C#, wasting time, and hunting down AOL fonts http://patorjk.com/blog/2008/01/14/c-wasting-time-and-hunting-down-aol-fonts/ web apps, programming talk, and random thoughts Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:45:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: patorjk http://patorjk.com/blog/2008/01/14/c-wasting-time-and-hunting-down-aol-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-4974 patorjk Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:02:05 +0000 http://patorjk.com/blog/2008/01/14/c-wasting-time-and-hunting-down-aol-fonts/#comment-4974 make files and ant files can get kind of complicated. I've worked on projects where I almost went nuts trying to figure out how the ant file was doing something (this was a situation where the file included files that included other files and so on). Though something like that might not be unavoidable in large projects. Right now I'm thinking I'll only use C# for Windows GUI apps, though that may change later down the line. As a side note, header files annoy me. I'm glad to see that C# doesn't have them. make files and ant files can get kind of complicated. I’ve worked on projects where I almost went nuts trying to figure out how the ant file was doing something (this was a situation where the file included files that included other files and so on). Though something like that might not be unavoidable in large projects.

Right now I’m thinking I’ll only use C# for Windows GUI apps, though that may change later down the line.

As a side note, header files annoy me. I’m glad to see that C# doesn’t have them.

]]> By: Dave http://patorjk.com/blog/2008/01/14/c-wasting-time-and-hunting-down-aol-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-4970 Dave Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:55:41 +0000 http://patorjk.com/blog/2008/01/14/c-wasting-time-and-hunting-down-aol-fonts/#comment-4970 C# is a decent language to learn. It's java with about 10% differences. The things I like most about it are #region tags and object properties. C++ had me constantly writing code that should have been generated for me (getters, setters). The tools for developing with it are Microsoft specific. Visual Studios has limits and doesn't integrate well with Subversion source control. The build tools that are associated with it aren't as simple as make or ANT though I am trying to find time to play with Nunit, and Nant. Also it needs a 'Hibernate'/'Toplink' like library for easy Data Access Layers. C# is a decent language to learn. It’s java with about 10% differences. The things I like most about it are #region tags and object properties. C++ had me constantly writing code that should have been generated for me (getters, setters). The tools for developing with it are Microsoft specific. Visual Studios has limits and doesn’t integrate well with Subversion source control. The build tools that are associated with it aren’t as simple as make or ANT though I am trying to find time to play with Nunit, and Nant. Also it needs a ‘Hibernate’/'Toplink’ like library for easy Data Access Layers.

]]> By: patorjk http://patorjk.com/blog/2008/01/14/c-wasting-time-and-hunting-down-aol-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-4948 patorjk Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:38:28 +0000 http://patorjk.com/blog/2008/01/14/c-wasting-time-and-hunting-down-aol-fonts/#comment-4948 AOL 4.0 was the last version I used, I still remember a ton of progs from that time period though. My neighbor was actually really into them at the time and he'd send me the latest ones when he got them. I can even think of progs that that site is missing - Mad Cow and MIB. When that friendship dissolved I basically stopped following them (this would be in mid or late 1998). I can only imagine that even more were made after that since the code to create everything was readily available on the net. AOL 4.0 was the last version I used, I still remember a ton of progs from that time period though. My neighbor was actually really into them at the time and he’d send me the latest ones when he got them. I can even think of progs that that site is missing – Mad Cow and MIB.

When that friendship dissolved I basically stopped following them (this would be in mid or late 1998). I can only imagine that even more were made after that since the code to create everything was readily available on the net.

]]> By: sloat http://patorjk.com/blog/2008/01/14/c-wasting-time-and-hunting-down-aol-fonts/comment-page-1/#comment-4947 sloat Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:08:33 +0000 http://patorjk.com/blog/2008/01/14/c-wasting-time-and-hunting-down-aol-fonts/#comment-4947 It's crazy that there were actually THAT many progs. I really don't remember it being that prevalent. Was it something that happened after AOL 4.0? It’s crazy that there were actually THAT many progs. I really don’t remember it being that prevalent.

Was it something that happened after AOL 4.0?

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