Comments on: Future of C# – v 4.0 at PDC 2008

By: Serguei Dosyukov

Serguei Dosyukov — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:05:38 +0000

In reply to cynic. Properties in Delphi and in C# are original. Delphi had it since the beginning. As a result, C# has it too. There are major differences in implementation though and one in Delphi are more robust. C# keeps property accessors "boxed", if anyone has to change a logic, the whole property code has to be reintroduced. Way around off course is to provide virtual functions which are used from inside the property access code, but it is an overhead.

By: cynic

cynic — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:57:05 +0000

C# and Delphi do both have Properties. But in C# they are just so much more elegant. Many things are more elegant in C#, but Properties are a particularly poignant example. They are done in such a way that you just WANT to use them.

By: Fabricio Araujo

Fabricio Araujo — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:32:41 +0000

Not having properties (of couse, IMHO) it’s a fault, not a feature…
What is your grip with OP properties?

By: Cynic

Cynic — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:30:43 +0000

Agree very much. On the one hand, Anders enforced a conservative culture that we all benefit from now.

But Delphi Pascal is needlessly verbose by modern standards. It also has throwbacks that made sense when PCs were slower, like Interface/Implementation sections, but which make code maintenance a chore, esp. Properties.

C# does this and many other things so much more elegantly.

My ideal language right now would be C# for native code.