How is the .NET platform one of the worst? (The worst for cross-platform or simp...

collyw · on Nov 3, 2014

I was more curious why C# is one of the best. Last time I looked at it (quite a while ago now), it was very like Java, and not many people rant about Java any more.

UK-AL · on Nov 3, 2014

It's because modern idiomatic c# uses a lot functional programming inspiration.

schrodinger · on Nov 3, 2014

Look again... much less like Java now, in my opinion

jbergens · on Nov 4, 2014

C# has improved a lot faster than Java the last 5-6 years. I would say it is has been a much better language until recently when Java 8 was released. Now they are more equal with Java probably having some advantages since it was the last to update.

_random_ · on Nov 3, 2014

It's like Java 9. That hasn't been released yet. But so is C# 6.