After a few days with VS.NET 2005

Hi!

There are many aspects of an IDE and developer platform
to look at, but I was using only the code editor to
write some custom classes.

1.) I was looking for SyncEdit in VS.NET, not there.
2.) Bookmarks with numbers attached.. Nop.
3.) Select a block and indent/unindent multiple lines and
Comment/uncomment code block, yes, but you need
a mouse. Cant do it, with just the keyboard.
4.) Most keyboard shortcuts need 3 keys: CTRL + Key1 + Key2.
5.) Is it just me or C# code with interface and implementation
interleaved is confusing. I felt lost multiple times. In C# that
job (knowing where you are) is left to the IDE.
To be able to see the interface, I had to collapse all nodes.
The different visibilities can be scatered all over the class.
You dont get to see where is what.
6.) When the compiler encounters an error it does not move
the carret to the first error in the list.

I believe there is such a thing as absolute truth. And that
some things are not just percieved as better but
really are better.

How can 10 years old pascal be more advanced in the
absolute sense than many concepts in C#?

How can Delphi be so much ahead of its time?
(and how much exactly ?)

Thanks!
Atmapuri


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