Why do we use .NET properties instead of plain old get/set functions?

Question

I understand the many benefits of providing an interface to access the members of a class indirectly. My question is: isn\'t that already something you can accomplish in jus

Answer 1

Aside from the semantic correctness of using properties for a value that describes a property of an object, you can't argue with this:

obj.SetValue(obj.GetValue() + 1);

vs

obj.Value++;