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[RobotGymnast]

Just wondering, post comments below.

[jackolantern]

I have to say Java. People will say the syntax most closely resembles C++, but Java does too in a lot of ways. Also, no multiple inheritance, interface programming, etc. C# syntax was modeled after C++, but it's usage and purely OO construct was heavily inspired by Java. It's not what you have, but how you use it, right? So I voted Java.

[zeroradius]

Yep It most resembles Java. That is what they always taught us at least. I have never done c++ but I have done C# and Java and they are verry simular.

[Turk4n]

I find java to be in harmony with C# !

[Termana]

I think people are not making the distinction between C# and the .NOT .NET Framework. C#, the language itself, is most like C++. The classes provided by the .NOT .NET Framework, are most like Java, but mostly only by name - and thats only really a handful we're talking about.

[WingedPanther]

I voted Java.

[Turk4n]

Jordan said:

I voted Java. If you can code in C# without using .NET or the emulators (Mono) I'll reconsider voting C++. Here are some reasons:

• Both Java and C# have their roots in C++ and share features with that language.
  
• Both languages compile to an intermediate code rather than pure machine code. Java compiles to what is known as Java Virtual Machine (JVM) bytecode, while C# compiles to Common Intermediate Language, CIL.
  
• Java bytecode is executed by an application called the Java virtual machine (JVM). Similarly, compiled C# programs are executed by the Common Language Runtime, or CLR.
  
• Exception handling in C# is very similar to Java, with some minor differences
  
• Like Java, C# is strongly type checked. The compiler detects where types are used in a way that may cause errors at run time.
  
• Like Java, C# provides automatic garbage collection, freeing the programmer from keeping track of allocated resources.
  
• Both Java and C# support single inheritance and multiple interface implementations.

Reference: The C# Programming Language for Java Developers

Wow, alot of information :)

[Xav]

Java pretty much is C# without .NET.

[jackolantern]

Jordan said:

I voted Java. If you can code in C# without using .NET or the emulators (Mono) I'll reconsider voting C++. Here are some reasons:

• Both Java and C# have their roots in C++ and share features with that language.
  
• Both languages compile to an intermediate code rather than pure machine code. Java compiles to what is known as Java Virtual Machine (JVM) bytecode, while C# compiles to Common Intermediate Language, CIL.
  
• Java bytecode is executed by an application called the Java virtual machine (JVM). Similarly, compiled C# programs are executed by the Common Language Runtime, or CLR.
  
• Exception handling in C# is very similar to Java, with some minor differences
  
• Like Java, C# is strongly type checked. The compiler detects where types are used in a way that may cause errors at run time.
  
• Like Java, C# provides automatic garbage collection, freeing the programmer from keeping track of allocated resources.
  
• Both Java and C# support single inheritance and multiple interface implementations.

Reference: The C# Programming Language for Java Developers

And I think it is worth mentioning again, Java and C# are purely OO. You cannot write anything outside of a class in those two, whereas you can in C++. That really changes a lot of the design process.