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It's a small world after all

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I had two experiences this week that made me think "It's a small world after all."

The first was at PDC last week.  We set up a meeting with regional directors (RD's) interested in C#.  I arrived a little late, so I missed introductions.  During the our discussion, I recommended Effective C# to one of the RD's, only to find out that I was recommending the book to the author himself, Bill Wagner.  I was a little embarassed at the moment, but I take some solace in the fact that I said nice things about his book :-).

The second was in the KPL demo I blogged about earlier.  As part of the demo, they showed some code that a parent in the KPL community had written and contributed.  The demo'er said he didn't know who it was, where he/she lived, etc.  As it turned out, the contributor was in the room :-).  There were grins all around.

--Scott

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  • Anonymous
    September 20, 2005
    As with a lot of C# books, I might be interested in Effective C#, once it has been updated to 2.0. I am just learning C#, but I don't want to learn from a book that was based on 1.x.
  • Anonymous
    September 21, 2005
    There's no need to wait on Wagner's book. The book is highly applicable to both versions, plus there's some 2.0-specific stuff in it.
  • Anonymous
    September 21, 2005
    See Bill Wagner's funny related post -- http://www.srtsolutions.com/public/item/102910

    --Scott
  • Anonymous
    September 22, 2005
    More on the small world thing: I was the demo'er mentioned in the second story above, and that was indeed a fun moment. I also teach C# programming. Guess whose book is recommended reading? The C# Programming Language, by Anders Hejlsberg, Scott Wiltamuth, Peter Golde. :) Thanks, Scott!
  • Anonymous
    September 24, 2005
    So sad that 3.0 does not include for/else constructs, as described in
    http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=92227

    They would help a great deal with the collection loopings.

    Thanks!