Answer to Silly Programming Puzzle

It was indeed 9, the value of i that was output. That was despite the deliberately offputting pragmas and #line statements which in this case were window dressing. C# follows on from both C and C++ and other programming languages in letting the programmer manage multiple versions through use of #define, #if etc.

For example you'll find this in Mainform.cs of Terrarium2, a multi-player (and single play) predator prey simulation with developer created creatures. Members of Microsoft's .NET Framework team recently revamped this and you can download the simulator, source code, sdk and server. it's excellent stuff and I've also added the above the link into the C# Games Code Library.

#if !DEVELOPER
    SplashWindow.Current.Image = new Bitmap( typeof(MainForm), "splashscreen.png" ) ;
    SplashWindow.Current.ShowShadow = true;
    SplashWindow.Current.MinimumDuration = 3000;
    SplashWindow.Current.Show() ;
#endif


• Link to C# Games Code library