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We all come across code that simply boggles the mind. Lazy kludges, embarrassing mistakes, horrid workarounds and developers just not quite getting it. And then somedays we come across - or write - the truly sublime.

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Ravi Bhavnani27-Nov-13 8:07
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Lutosław27-Dec-13 0:56
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Argonia28-Nov-13 4:17
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Rob Grainger28-Nov-13 10:05
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robocodeboy2-Dec-13 0:17
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Argonia2-Dec-13 0:48
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robocodeboy2-Dec-13 1:06
robocodeboy2-Dec-13 1:06 
So you're telling me you needed a screwdriver, but you don't know what a screwdriver is.
So you googled for it and picked up a drill.
Then you found out that it didn't worked to do the job you need.
And you blame Microsoft for this.

I suggest you could read "The Pragmatic Programmer".

Look, I'm not a MS fan boy, I think many libraries MS is pushing (or where pushing) are crap.
But there is a core of consistency and completeness in the .NET framework that I never found out in other core libraries. And an elegance in C# that is unknown to Java.

If you don't agree, tell me a better language to do the same kind of stuff you can do in C#.
Currently, you seem to bash M$ just for the sake of your incompetency (literally: you're not competent regarding the job you do).

I love Python (but it's library is light years lagging on naming conventions), I enjoy JavaScript (but you must know what works and what will break your programs), but the building of the .NET Framework is a major accomplishment.
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General... WHY?! Pin
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