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I have another guest post up at the official MSDN Team Blog. Titled F# Versus C#, it is an attempt at a gentle introduction to F# for the Italian C# developer.

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This is the problem with emphasizing computer science over learning to code. Without an understanding of what’s happening at a low level, my peers ran into issues […] and had no idea what to do to debug them. This is a problem that stems from teaching people computer science but not teaching them how to code. Learning to code isn’t just teaching people how to spell – it’s teaching people the meaning behind the words....

This is really worth you time if you’re looking to learn C language (you should). This article attempts to give a sort of ‘orientation tour’ for people whose previous programming background is in high (ish) level languages such as Java or Python, and who now find that they need or want to learn C. via The Descent to C.

Dennis M. Ritchie ‘The Development of the C Language’ is one of those things any programmer should read soon or later, if nothing else for historic reasons. C came into being in the years 1969-1973, in parallel with the early development of the Unix operating system; the most creative period occurred during 1972. Another spate of changes peaked between 1977 and 1979, when portability of the Unix system was being demonstrated....

Gli eventi sono molto usati nelle GUI e nelle implementazioni del modello MVC (Model, View, Controller). Un’altra applicazione tipica è nei protocolli di comunicazione, laddove layer di basso livello devono informare quelli più alti quando ci sono dati in ingresso o in uscita. Il linguaggio C# dispone da sempre di una soluzione elegante al problema della gestione degli eventi: il delegato EventHandler. Events è una mia implementazione Python del EventHandler C#. In pratica si tratta di una classe molto leggera che incapsula il cuore del meccanismo di sottoscrizione e gestione degli eventi, e tenta di farlo in maniera “naturale”, sembrando parte integrante del linguaggio Python. ...

9 of the Best Free C Books è un’ottima selezione di libri gratuiti sul linguaggio C. C’è n’è per tutti, dai testi per principianti a quelli per programmatori esperti provenienti da altri linguaggi. Lo sapete già, C dovrebbe far parte del bagaglio di ogni programmatore.

Un articolo sul Somasegar’s Weblog annuncia oggi il rilascio imminente di un nuovo modello di programmazione asincrona per C# and VB: Today, we are unveiling significant language and framework enhancements in C# and Visual Basic that enable developers to harness asynchrony, letting them retain the control flow from their synchronous code while developing responsive user interfaces and scalable web applications with greater ease. This CTP delivers a lightweight asynchronous development experience as close to the standard synchronous paradigms as possible, while providing an easy on-ramp to the world of concurrency...