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Michael J | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 C# is an example of this cultural change, I think.  It's been accruing more TypeScript-y syntax over the years.
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Laeserin | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Haven't used it, since the 90s.
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Michael J | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 It has definitely established itself as a modern language, in my estimation, though it still has some legacy holdovers.  It has many intuitive syntactic sugar options, and, at least today, it offers dynamic typing, which opens up some creative problem-solving possibilities.

I don't have terribly strong opinions on the .NET CLR.  It works well on Linux, now, which is good, and there are many well-supported libraries for the framework.
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Laeserin | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 After using PHP and Python, I miss strict typing.
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Michael J | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Strict typing is superior.

This is the way.