@matigo You have to realize, too, that managed languages went against almost everything you were taught or experienced.
"They say this stuff will automatically know when to dereference and dispose of this object. HAHAHAHAAHAHA. They are on drugs!"
Also, it didn't help that most of it was being done on a platform with "BASIC" in the name. Especially to people like me who thought that every word Dijkstra uttered was golden.
It took me a while to get comfortable with that concept.
// @konrad