Python vs C# 3.0: Tuples vs. Anonymous Types (Redux)

25hoursaday.com — One of the things to keep in mind when learning a new programming language is that it isn’t enough to learn the syntax and semantics of various language features you are unfamiliar with. Just as important is learning the idioms and way of thinking that goes with these language features. read more...

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Does C# 3.0 Beat Dynamic Languages at their Own Game?

25hoursaday.com — For the past few years I've heard a lot of hype about dynamic programming languages like Python and Ruby. The word on the street has been that their dynamic nature makes developers more productive that those of us shackled to statically typed languages like C# and Java. A couple of weeks ago I decided to take the plunge and start learning Python after spending the past few years doing the majority of my software development in C#. I learned that it was indeed true that you could get things the same stuff done in far less lines of Python than you could in C#. Since it is a general truism in the software industry that the number of bugs per thousand lines of code is constant irrespective of programming language, the more you can get done in fewer lines of code, the less defects you will have in your software. read more...

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