>Hi,
>Given:

public class A {}
>public class B
>{
>    public static implicit operator B(A a) { return new B(); }
>    public static implicit operator C(B b) { return new C(); }
>}
>public class C {}

Would you find a statement like this too opaque:

C c = (B)new A();

Seems authentically C to me ;-)

You may have read the C++ Journal some years ago. The back page was a monthly column called Obfuscated C, in which valid C/C++ code was printed and readers were invited to decipher exactly what it did.

Mostly joking there. I find C# a lot more accessible than the older dialects and pleasant enough to work with. (My image of K&R C was a bunch of bearded guys in sandals who didn't necessarily want you to understand the code). And now with some downtime (hopefully not much of it) I have the opportunity to return to my studies. Haven't quite decided but trending toward a focus on ASP.NET / C#.