C# in Depth

The changing faceof C# developmentThis chapter covers■■■■An evolving exampleC#’s historical contextThe composition of .NETSnippy, the snippet compilerThe world is changing at a pace that is sometimes terrifying, and technology is oneof the fastest-moving areas of that change. Computing in particular seems to pushitself constantly, both in hardware and in software. Although many older computerlanguages are like bedrocks, rarely changing beyond being consolidated in terms ofstandardization, newer ones are still evolving. C# falls into the latter category, andthe implications of this are double-edged. On the one hand, there’s always more tolearn—the feeling of having mastered the language is unlikely to last for long, witha “V next” always looming. However, the upside is that if you embrace the new featuresand you’re willing to change your coding style to adopt the new idioms, you’lldiscover a more expressive, powerful way of developing software.3Licensed to Rhona Hadida