The same reason you should use language X over language Y. The language is a tool. Use the best tool for the job. If it's C#, good for C#. If it's Java, good for Java.
My personal opinion is that the more language you know, the better you will be in any language. Knowing perl makes me a better C# programmer as I have developed some respect for the power of regex which I might not have done if I came only from a C++ background. >From my personal experience, people are lazy. People stick with what they are familiar with. People are afraid of change. So if you are comfortable with Java, stick with it. You won't be a worst programmer because of it, you will be able to program with it. There is nothing wrong with Java as a tool. The question is more of a philosophical question: should I learn new languages? How can that help me as a programmer? Please note, that for a company the choice of a language is different. Philippe Lavoie Cactus Commerce eBusiness. All Business. Tel 819.778.0313 x302 * 888.CACTUS.0 * Fax 819.771.0921 www.cactuscommerce.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Evert Tigchelaar Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 6:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mono-list] why should I use mono? Hi, I read in an artical about mono. Why should developers should write code for the mono runtime instede of Java? Evert __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
