On: How Microsoft is changing the programming world

[georgieporgie]

Yeah, that seems to be what most of the Windows bashing comes down to: taste. Not that there's anything wrong with subjective preference, I just usually see it stated as if it were simply a known fact.

If it's any comfort, I find most Unix/Linux APIs I've looked at to be painful, and long for (most) Windows API functions. :-)

One thing Unixy people seem to hate is "Hungarian" naming of variables. Granted, like most things, it can be taken to a ridiculous extreme, but I've always really liked it.

[rbanffy → georgieporgie]

> I've always really liked it.

Every time I have to parse Hungarian notation, I feel compelled to change my name and renounce my ancestry ;-)

But it's a matter of taste. I also find it weird to start method names with uppercase in C#. Again, taste.

[sid0 → georgieporgie]

Yeah, that seems to be what most of the Windows bashing comes down to: taste.

Yes, while I don't particularly like Win32, GNU make is objectively horrible.

[rbanffy → sid0]

> GNU make is objectively horrible.

It is, but it's simple, clear and readily understandable. It will never surprise you.

I have come to dislike surprises that happen during build ;-)