Without actually trying it, will the following code compile?
public abstract class Foo
{
static Foo[] Bar = new Foo[0];
}
Why or why not?
So I admit it’s a fairly pompous title, but at least you are reading it. In case you have been under a rock for the last few years, Microsoft's bread 'n' butter (The Windows API) is under direct assault by pretty much the entire free world. Not only that, but they are losing. Innovation on MS's desktop platform is pretty much non-existent. The problem isn't that Win32 or .Net are bad platforms, quite the contrary. The problem is deployment. The amount of effort involved in deploying and maintaining an application built on these platforms, is just enormous. This is the one...
... after a year or so hiatus.
I guess I'll start with something short and sweet, enjoy:
Credit goes to Brian C. for showing this to me.