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This is an old post, but the last paragraph just grabbed me:

I actually really like C#. It really rocks! In about 30 minutes I had full-on SOAP RPC working (remoting), and in about as much time I added CODEDOM - so I could compile "plug-in" code on the fly. Now that really rulez! For an added touch, I RPC'd the source to a C# add-in to the server, and compiled that in on-the-fly. Hahahaha, I feel like GOD. Too bad you can't run this code w/o the CLR installed... what a bummer. I wish you could statically link that somehow... if anyone knows how PLEASE msg me. I can tell you this, C# steamrolls Python like it was MULM in my fishtank's EHEIM (sorry Dave).

or to summarize: "Gee, these features (which are provided by the runtime env) are nifty. It's too bad it requires a runtime". I suppose his head would just explode if someone showed him live updating of a Smalltalk server...