So, essentially what the .NET team has been working on for the last four years is async (yes. absolutely amazing stuff) and then to follow that up.. wait for it.. a Microsoft version of Resharper?(!!!)
Seriously.. C# vNext is going to be nothing more than access to the compiler so that we can build our own refactorings for visual studio? Who really needs that?
In the mean time, Herb Sutter and the rest of the Windows core group have realized that performance actually matters and fixed C++. Do we have access to the fully power of the CPU or GPU in .NET? No. Do we have auto-vectorization in the .net runtime? Do we have access to vector instructions in any form? Do we have proper numeric generic support for games or scientific computing? Has anyone spent any time whatsoever on narrowing the gap between native and managed? How about something on the order of Mono's LLVM optimizing native AOT compiler???
F# at least has type providers.. which are modestly useful to somebody.
Honestly.. what the hell have you guys been doing?
Respectfully.. Benjamin Cooley
posted by bcooley