What is C#?

[Jordan]

C# (pronounced C-sharp) is a new object oriented language from Microsoft and is derived from C and C++. It also borrows a lot of concepts from Java too including garbage collection. More at http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/ne...sharpintro.asp

Taken from the Definition on google search: What is C#?

[sigs]

when did this new language come into being. i havent heard anything about it till now.

[moonrise]

just few days i heard about this language i thnl its much better than c and c++

[Ronin12]

C# has been around for a while now. You only just heard about it?
I love C#
I think its easier than C but very powerful. I love the support from Microsoft.

[NeedHelp]

Like Ronin12 said, C# has been around a while.

[brackett]

Since C#, AFAIK, debuted with the .NET Framework 1.0, that'd mark it's public debut as January 2002. However, the C# spec was submitted to the ECMA in August 2000, and approved in December 2001.
So - yeah, it's been out and about for awhile now and has garnered a lot of attention. If you're doing Windows programming, I'm surprised you've just heard of it....

[hoser2001]

C# and OOP saved my life.

[NeedHelp]

C# and OOP saved my life.

How so? Did it keep you from loosing your job?

[Kyle]

I've read a little about C# but haven't really attempted to learn it, is it a difficult language to learn?

[hoser2001]

How so? Did it keep you from loosing your job?

LOL no, I am currently an intern at a software company, I'm going to start my Junior year in the fall. My majors are Computer Science and Business Management. The reason I said that C# saved my life is because until this internship I hated coding, I swore that was the one thing I would not do with my life was waste my time coding. However I came to realize that to better myself in terms of being more likely to use my management skills I should learn the technical skills. Because I know how much people hate working for a boss that is a completely oblivious to what you're working on. I say C# and OOP saved my life because the .NET technologies are a wonderful set of tools and I found it (with almost no programming background) quite easy to learn. Since I've been working I have learned an valuable set of skills including the .NET development, general programming concepts that I never learned in college, and crazy database programming and normalization. I definately don't plan on coding for the rest of my life, but as of right now I actually enjoy the work I do. I'm just glad I'm not one of those people who go to college and change their major 10 times to only fail out of college after 2 years....