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Does Visual Studio Rot the Brain?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the also-causes-cancer dept.

duffbeer703 writes "As a UNIX guy dragged kicking and screaming into the Windows world, I've never really been able to enjoy Windows programming. Charles Petzold, who is a long-time developer for DOS & Windows really laid out the reasons for me at the NYC .NET Dev group. Visual Studio and Microsoft tools force you to adopt programming techniques designed around implementation speed, not understanding or quality."

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  1. Re:It must be Microsoft's fault! by A+beautiful+mind · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Hey, I'll start bashing Bush in a second too, I know you would like it ;)

    But seriously, some things are bashed for a reason.

    --
    It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
    Be yourself no matter what they say
  2. And you try and tell the young 'ackers o' today... by Ignominious · · Score: 0, Redundant

    And you try and tell the young 'ackers o' today that - they won't believe you.

    <shakes head>