Mads is the Lead Designer of the C# language and has been at Microsoft for 18 years. Prior to this, Mads was a professor and contributed to a language starting with J. He was previously on episode 164 of the podcast where he spoke about the latest on C# at the time.
Topics of Discussion:
[03:40] The serendipitous career path Mads took that led him to C# and Microsoft.
[06:17] Where are the high points of where the C# language has gone over the past six months?
[07:40] Adding a unified syntax.
[10:00] Primary constructors.
[15:43] Some new features in C# are still too early to see their full impact, but we can still have hypotheses about how they will affect programming.
[16:14] Non-nullable conversion.
[21:45] Learning C# and its evolution.
[23:24] The concept of everyday C#.
[26:15] C# goals.
[33:02] Does C# have a clear category?
[39:41] Generative AI.
[41:16] AI’s impact on coding and the impact generative AI is having on development.
[47:17] Will AI replace the career opportunities for developers?
[51:21] Acknowledging the disruptive nature of AI with also the belief that it will lead to societal changes, including job displacement, and hopes for environmentally sustainable productivity gains.
