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  > Although the newcomer C# was only introduced ten years
  > ago, there is little in the language to reflect the
  > thirty years of research into programming languages since
  > C++ was introduced.
Not a huge fan of C#, but he couldn't have picked a worse example for language stagnation.


Agreed, especially considering the amount of cross-pollination there is between C# and Haskell, possibly through F#.

The people that develop F# and those who develop a large part of Haskell drink coffee from the same coffee machine.


I can say form experience that C# has several interesting features built on research from Haskell, just gotta probe the edges a bit. And once you probe the edges too hard your code becomes worthless for the standard blub programmer who'd prefer not have to learn the syntax.




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