So much purple. 2023-11 net8 release at dotnetconf, c-sharp 12. Rough thoughts, reading links

dotnet8 at release (Nov 2023)

.NET Framework v8 (see this impressive summary), is a LTS version providing 3-years of support ending November 10, 2026.

Whats new in C# 12?

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-csharp-12/
Mads - Language Designer
Every feature in C#12
Standouts:
- Collection expressions constructors List<int> x4 = [1, 2, 3, 4];
- Collection expressions spread operator List<int> x8 = [...x4, 1, 2, 3, 4];
- Primary constructors on classes public class BankAccount(string accountID, string owner) {...}

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