{"id":58,"date":"2008-01-02T10:07:05","date_gmt":"2008-01-02T14:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jrtwine.com\/blog\/?p=58"},"modified":"2008-01-02T10:07:05","modified_gmt":"2008-01-02T14:07:05","slug":"learn-your-history-before-you-present-yourself-as-an-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jrtwine.com\/blog\/learn-your-history-before-you-present-yourself-as-an-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn your history before you present yourself as an authority"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you read a book about something, you should be able to safely presume that the author is somewhat of an authority on the subject matter of the book. So when reading an e-book on C#, I was surprised to come across the following Author’s Note<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Author’s Note: struct is not a new concept. In C++, the struct is another way of defining a class (why?). Even though most of the time C++ developers use struct for lightweight objects holding just data, the C++ compiler does not impose this.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I find it interesting that the author of a C# programming book has to ask why “struct is another way of defining a class.” Tip: some things were done for backward compatibility and to make it easier to work with older code. Not to mention that in C++ there actually is a (small) difference between struct and class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When you read a book about something, you should be able to safely presume that the author is somewhat of an authority on the subject matter of the book. So when reading an e-book on C#, I was surprised to come across the following Author’s Note: Author’s Note: struct is not a new concept. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t