My last post on the new dynamic keyword sparked a range of reactions which are not uncommon when discussing a new language keyword or feature. Many are excited by it, but there are those who feel a sense of?well?grief when their language is ?marred? by a new keyword. C#, for example, has seen it with the var keyword and now with the dynamic keyword. I don?t know, maybe there?s something to this idea that developers go through the seven stages of grief when their favorite programming language adds new stuff ( Disclaimer: Actually, I?m totally making this crap up ) 1. Shock and denial. With the introduction of a new keyword, initial reactions include shock and denial. No way are they adding lambdas to the language! I had a hard enough time with...(read more) ...
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