Thursday, July 17, 2008

Welcome to Scientific C#

This is the initial post of my new blog dedicated to scientific programming in C#.

I thought I'd kick things off by answering the question I'm asked most commonly.

Why C# instead of java:

User defined value types
Multidimensional Arrays
Superior implementation of generics
The option to write unmanaged code and use explicit pointers
The mono project is fairly well developed allowing dot net development for linux

For a good if outdated introduction to C# for scientific applications see...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163995.aspx

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