Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Peyton" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Back To CS Basics. Fuck AI Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:26:40 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 17 Message-ID: <87a4oe40v3.fsf@solcaium.us> References: <18dee4b6cab427fa$865$2574533$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <87ik32455m.fsf@solcaium.us> <11asel3$31l32$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:26:41 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="3209406"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/yljfH1M772iqb0cHYcNwp"; posting-host="08e8601038b9247e9c13ff10b0e3f9aa" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:tJVdGUeVaOLVzU6diSxWEVabPf8= sha1:tDqyOV9M3s7R/94G1lN+q1gxm8k= sha256:UoALtmuJV1LVTOuQmPyfdwoq3wYsPm8Oqh/GxCnpEMw= sha1:C+oIOq4m64hMJRZYGOYm06PS7Ic= sha256:YVG5/YjTBwUOAxD+LpR3M/4BGNGd1SqdxaVa9FEQ7FI= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:93805 Lawrence D’Oliveiro writes: > On Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:53:57 -0700, Peyton wrote: > >> I one time worked with a colleague who did not understand why a C# >> binary executable was running significantly faster than a Python >> script. > > Tell me again, why does C♯ exist? Beyond being some kind of corporate > vanity project started by Bill Gates after Sun gave him a good hiding > over his attempts to hijack Java? Something like that. Java got popular, and Microsoft didn't have control over it. Microsoft feared that if Java got big enough they could bend them over. So Microsoft created their own implementation of Java, Sun sued so they created C#. --