On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 16:09:17 -0600 (MDT), Ross Werner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, Scott Paul Robertson wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 01:34:51PM -0600, Ross Werner wrote: > >> Digression #1: Tell that to the professor who is having students use C# > >> and Microsoft Access (?!?!) for CS 312. > > > > My understanding is that (even though I don't agree with when and what > > class it is it's being implimented in) they want a class to teach you > > how to code in the Windows/Microsoft enviroment. ie: C#, Visual Studio > > .NET, etc. (Access is the weird part) > > Oh, don't get me wrong--I have no problem with the CS department wanting > to teach C# and .NET. I think that's great--heck, right now I wish I knew > C# and .NET for my job, but I don't. (Perhaps blasphemy to the UUG, but > it's true.)
No, not blasphemy, even Havoc Pennington seriously considered[1] C# as the high-level language for gnome. It's not that unlikely either considering Ximian's work on both mono and gnome. Currently gnome is mostly C. [1] Java, Mono, or C++? <http://ometer.com/desktop-language.html> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
