https://mattbolitho.github.io/tags/c-sharp/Recent content in C-Sharp on Matt BolithoHugo -- gohugo.ioen-GBMatt BolithoThu, 08 May 2025 19:00:00 +0000https://mattbolitho.github.io/posts/skipping-hardware-instruction-dependent-tests-in-csharp/Thu, 08 May 2025 19:00:00 +0000https://mattbolitho.github.io/posts/skipping-hardware-instruction-dependent-tests-in-csharp/When writing tests for a project that uses hardware intrinsics, we face the problem of ensuring that we only run tests that the host hardware supports. I recently ran into this issue for a personal project in C#, and wanted to write a post about it. There is nothing hugely complicated here, but it does allow us to explore hardware intrinsics, standard library API design, and practical testing advice in a single post.https://mattbolitho.github.io/posts/a-result-type-for-csharp/Mon, 13 May 2024 20:00:00 +0000https://mattbolitho.github.io/posts/a-result-type-for-csharp/I was recently thinking about optional/result types and how C# doesn’t have them natively. I thought I would have a go at implementing a result type myself as a challenge, because I hadn’t written any C# for a while. I chose result types specifically because C# has T? for optional types (which aren’t perfect) and there are already good functional type libraries out there with optional type implementations. The end result was at least a little interesting, so I thought I’d write a quick post about it!https://mattbolitho.github.io/posts/event-report-dotnet-8-launch-party-at-williams-f1/Tue, 28 Nov 2023 18:00:00 +0000https://mattbolitho.github.io/posts/event-report-dotnet-8-launch-party-at-williams-f1/Tonight I made my first visit to .NET Oxford for their .NET 8 launch party at the Williams F1 Experience Centre! It has been a while since I have done any serious C# programming, but there are are definitely a lot of interesting developments in that space. I am especially interested to see how AOT compilation and Profile-Guided Optimization (PGO) can be used to generate some lean, high performance C# programs.