alt Hacker NewsYes I think it's a bit underrated. The problem I find is that no one writes C# libraries that actually do anything (e.g. even basic linear algebra is pretty crap compared to python) and that the JIT is a pointless hindrance but the experience of using the stack is pretty good.
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benterix • today at 12:19 PM
> The problem I find is that no one writes C# libraries that actually do anything
Yes, because when you think about it, why should they?
MS has showed many times how unreliable and even user-hostile they can be, so the community at large is very wary of their ecosystem in spite of real advancements.
pjmlp • today at 12:54 PM
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I agree completely regarding libraries, C# has never had the "libraries for everything", especially open source ones. The better libraries have moved to ( or always have been ) licensed too which doesn't help that impression.
I'd like to hear more about your issue with the JIT and where do you find it a hindrance?
I've had a few benchmarks lately that performed better under JIT than AOT compilation, and while that isn't always the case, the JIT, especially on dotnet 10, performs very well.