<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/App_Themes/default/rss.xslt"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:evnet="http://www.mscommunities.com/rssmodule/"><channel><title>Entries for dpratt71</title><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://channel9.msdn.com/niners/dpratt71/rss/default.aspx" /><image><url>http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png</url><title>Entries for dpratt71</title><link>http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/dpratt71/</link></image><description>Entries, comments and threads posted by dpratt71</description><link>http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/dpratt71/</link><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:16:12 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:16:12 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>EvNet (EvNet, Version=1.0.3608.3122, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)</generator><item><title>The value of a CS degree [The value of a CS degree]</title><description>I ran into &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.billthelizard.com/2008/12/education-vs-experience.html"&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; recently, which prompted me to post &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.danielgpratt.com/2009/01/confession-i-dont-have-degree.html"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. Channel 9 seems to have a fairly diverse audience -- well, besides the fact that we're all geeks -- so I'd like to ask: To what degree (pun intended) is a CS degree worthwhile?&lt;p&gt;in reply to &lt;a href='http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/450976-The-value-of-a-CS-degree/'&gt;The value of a CS degree&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/450976/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" /&gt;</description><comments>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/450976-The-value-of-a-CS-degree/</comments><link>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/450976-The-value-of-a-CS-degree/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:16:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/450976-The-value-of-a-CS-degree/</guid><evnet:views>1006</evnet:views><evnet:viewtrackingurl>http://channel9.msdn.com/450976/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0</evnet:viewtrackingurl><evnet:previewtext>I ran into this post recently, which prompted me to post this. Channel 9 seems to have a fairly diverse audience -- well, besides the fact that we're all geeks -- so I'd like to ask: To what degree (pun intended) is a CS degree worthwhile?in reply to The value of a CS degree</evnet:previewtext><dc:creator>dpratt71</dc:creator><slash:comments>24</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/450976-The-value-of-a-CS-degree/RSS/</wfw:commentRss><trackback:ping>http://channel9.msdn.com/450976/Trackback.aspx</trackback:ping></item><item><title>Oxite: A good example after all? [Oxite: A good example after all?]</title><description>I just posted &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dzone.com/links/oxite_a_good_example_after_all.html"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; over at dzone.com. What do you think?&lt;p&gt;in reply to &lt;a href='http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/449202-Oxite-A-good-example-after-all/'&gt;Oxite: A good example after all?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/449202/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" /&gt;</description><comments>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/449202-Oxite-A-good-example-after-all/</comments><link>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/449202-Oxite-A-good-example-after-all/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:51:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/449202-Oxite-A-good-example-after-all/</guid><evnet:views>1190</evnet:views><evnet:viewtrackingurl>http://channel9.msdn.com/449202/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0</evnet:viewtrackingurl><evnet:previewtext>I just posted this over at dzone.com. What do you think?in reply to Oxite: A good example after all?</evnet:previewtext><dc:creator>dpratt71</dc:creator><slash:comments>13</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/449202-Oxite-A-good-example-after-all/RSS/</wfw:commentRss><trackback:ping>http://channel9.msdn.com/449202/Trackback.aspx</trackback:ping></item><item><title>How about some syntax sugar for IEnumerable? [How about some syntax sugar for IEnumerable?]</title><description>I posted&amp;nbsp;&lt;A href="http://www.danielgpratt.com/2008/12/how-about-some-syntactic-sugar-for.html"&gt;this&lt;/A&gt; to my nacent blog, but I'd probably reach a wider audience broadcasting to Mars, so...&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;I find myself wanting to use IEnumerable&amp;lt;&amp;gt; in my own API, but it's not very readable. I'd love it if MS stole an idea from &lt;A href="http://research.microsoft.com/Comega/"&gt;themselves&lt;/A&gt;, and gave us some syntax sugar for this useful interface. In other words, instead of IEnumerable&amp;lt;Foo&amp;gt;, I'd like to see just Foo*. What do you think?&lt;p&gt;in reply to &lt;a href='http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/TechOff/447651-How-about-some-syntax-sugar-for-IEnumerable/'&gt;How about some syntax sugar for IEnumerable?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/447651/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" /&gt;</description><comments>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/TechOff/447651-How-about-some-syntax-sugar-for-IEnumerable/</comments><link>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/TechOff/447651-How-about-some-syntax-sugar-for-IEnumerable/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:23:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/TechOff/447651-How-about-some-syntax-sugar-for-IEnumerable/</guid><evnet:views>1408</evnet:views><evnet:viewtrackingurl>http://channel9.msdn.com/447651/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0</evnet:viewtrackingurl><evnet:previewtext>I posted&amp;nbsp;this to my nacent blog, but I'd probably reach a wider audience broadcasting to Mars, so...I find myself wanting to use IEnumerable&amp;lt;&amp;gt; in my own API, but it's not very readable. I'd love it if MS stole an idea from themselves, and gave us some syntax sugar for this useful&amp;#8230;</evnet:previewtext><dc:creator>dpratt71</dc:creator><slash:comments>56</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss>http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/TechOff/447651-How-about-some-syntax-sugar-for-IEnumerable/RSS/</wfw:commentRss><trackback:ping>http://channel9.msdn.com/447651/Trackback.aspx</trackback:ping></item></channel></rss>