On: Microsoft Updated Phi-3

[asabla]

Huh, I wonder if the large improvement in understanding Java is heavily connected with understanding C# better?

I'm just guessing based on language similarities between the two

[NicoJuicy → asabla]

I first learned Java at the time. C# after, but c# always felt way better regarding syntax ( I found it to be less bloated)

[jiggawatts → NicoJuicy]

C# is basically a "Microsoft Java". They tried this already with J# and their own runtime, but then got sued and decided to make their own JVM but this time with blackjack... and hookers.

[wongarsu → jiggawatts]

Microsoft Java makes it sound likes it's an inferior clone. Rather C# is Java reinvented with the benefit of hindsight, and improved with new concepts and sound language design from there.

Both languages have a too enterprisey ecosystem for my taste, but when given the choice between Java and C# I would take C# every time. Though modern Java certainly made efforts to catch up again.

[seritools → jiggawatts]

Blackjack, hookers, and reified generics!

[baq → jiggawatts]

C# for the first three or so major versions was more Microsoft Object Pascal With Braces than anything.

[mitjam → asabla]

A prediction: Great LLM support will become a competitive advantage for programming languages in the future.