[Technical] Does Visual Studio Rot the Mind?

[Clark, Ian C]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tech-bounces at edulists.com.au 
> [mailto:tech-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Con Zymaris
> Sent: Thursday, 27 October 2005 1:37 PM
> To: tech at edulists.com.au
> Subject: [Technical] Does Visual Studio Rot the Mind?
> 
> In case you haven't seen this:
> 
>  (FYI, Chuck Petzold is who we all learnt Windows Programming 
> 101 off, in  the 1980s.)

Yes, Con, Chuck's philosophy is to begin with a blank page and let
everyone do their own thing, a bit different from the guy actually in
charge of .Net and Visual Studio, Anders Heljberg:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/06/10/HNhejlsberg_1.html

A proponent of radical rather than evolutionary change (not always
welcome within a company), he's the reason VB doesn't look at all like
it used to!

Cheers,
Clarky


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