C# as a system language running on Mono is actually usable. But the thing is, I've never seen an IDE worse than MonoDevelop. Writing C# without Visual Studio, a large part of the benefit of the language just disappears.
I would only use C# for window jobs, although I sincerely think it's a beautiful language.
I tried to install ubuntu on my new laptop recently. Honestly, it feels as bad as it did 10 years ago.
Weird installation trap.
Can't find drivers for my wireless adaptor.
Sleep sometimes work, sometimes not.
Tons of big or small problems like this.
Yeah, after long hours of research, I got resolved most of the issues. But I doubt anyone who has less patience or less understanding of computer than I do would simply say "damn it!"
There wasn't any version control software out there 6 year ago? Oh, I've been programming for 7 years, I remembered that I used VSS when I started working. But maybe I was using pirate version and you couldn't afford it.
I seldom write any reply on hacker news. But this time I feel I have something to say.
The fundamental question behind all these arguing is, what can be considered useful? In the other word, what we do, couldn't be considered a waste of life?
Philosophers have been arguing about this for 2000 thousand years. So I doubt there's going to an absolutely correct answer in near future. What I can offer, is just my personal choice.
Whether we like it or not, whatever we do, whatever we've build, good or evil, will vanish sooner or later. The human beings will extinct, the earth will become quite, the sun will extinguish. It's just matter of time. If nothing we do could make any sense in the long term, how can we consider something useful not?
Like any living things on this world, we, humans, are born to have many instincts, like to survive, to reproduce, to play. And when we don't obey these inner demands, we feel unhappy. So we eat, drink, sleep, f, and make money. However, that's because what we do is useful, or important, or has any meaning behind them.
Some people might feel happier when they can attain something that are useful* for others, which usually bring them more money, food, prestige, and many other things. But some might be satisfied enough by resolving some intelligent puzzles. As long as people don't end up in a crappy motel because they couldn't get their life in order, I guess these 2 attitudes towards life are both OK.
The problem of VIM is that, you need to do a lot of configuration yourself. While this is fan for me, I never recommend it to anyone who has less patience than I have. Any IDE would be much easier for them.
I would only use C# for window jobs, although I sincerely think it's a beautiful language.