Reply #60: I'm just sticking with what works for me

[DaveJ]

My coding went from Basic on Apple II, to Machine, to Assembly, to C, to C++ (hated it), then to C#. I'm currently using Sharepoint and SSAS for applications that do not require much coding, but still something that very few people comprehend.

I will continue to use C# and I do not think development will ever be 100% point and click. Some people think it will. But they do not realize the hundreds of thousands of details that need to be worked out in an application, which requires low level code.

I created a "video game constuction kit" on the Apple II when I was 16. It was a great program. I wanted to sell it to Electronic Arts but the Apple IIs popularity started to fade then. I guess that is why I stick to popular platforms now.

Maybe I'm wrong about this, but I thoght video games use C++ more for cross platform compatibility. C# really should be as fast as C++, in theory.

C is good for firmware development which I also did in my spare time. I'd like to do that for a living too. The tech world would be just as good, if not better, if everyone just used C.