Every now and then, I experiment with C# and the .NET Framework. For the most part, it’s an amazingly useful environment to develop on; you can crank up tools and interfaces in no time, and Visual Studio provides lots of helpers to improve productivity and general comfort. However, not all is rosy. Being a const-correctness fan, I dismayed when I found out about this.

To quote from one of the comments:

> Mort just wants to get his job done.
Yeah, and I have to clean up after mort.

Const-correctness is a fantastic way to develop more robust code, period. Seeing a system like .NET, which should be aimed at developing large-scale software, be weakened to appease the laziness of a bunch of hack-and-forget programmers is sad.

You can download a small mini-game done with C# and Managed DirectX here.