Visual C# is nice, but I can't stick to VS2008 forever, and the top-down coding and such seems awfully neat... but on the other hand...

Yeah basically I'm kinda conflicted here.

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C# not so much a "nice feature", it's the primary language to write .Net code in. It's C# itself that has "nice features", and 2010 certainly has some nice ones.

For example, optional parameters, PHP/VB style:

public function Frobnicate(Gizmo frobThis, float howHard = 0.75f)

In 2008 and earlier, you'd have to define a Frobnicate(Gizmo, float) to actually do the thing, and a Frobnicate(Gizmo) that calls Frobnicate(Gizmo, 0.75f). That does count as an extra call. In 2010, writing the call without specifying how hard to frob makes the compiler add in the 0.75f in the calling statement itself. Same net effect for half the price.

On the other hand, even 2008 has functions I still don't use, such as the more "natural" LINQ style:

var looseGizmos = from g in myGizmos where g.Tightness < 0.5 select g;

versus

var looseGizmos = myGizmos.Select(g => g.Tightness < 0.5);

which I use.

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It totally is, innit? I think it serves the purpose well enough...

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