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C#

Gi Devs
Gi Devs
12,171 Points
Posted by Gi Devs
Gi Devs
12,171 Points

c# is like java

C# seems a lot like Java is there a reason for this is did they just end up similar through development?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

James Gosling, who created the Java programming language in 1994, and Bill Joy, a co-founder of Sun Microsystems, the originator of Java, called C# an "imitation" of Java; Gosling further said that "[C# is] sort of Java with reliability, productivity and security deleted."

Of course, C# has evolved considerably since then and is no longer exclusively proprietary to Microsoft. Also, the history of the CsharpLanguage (C#) and the MicrosoftDotNet (.NET) CommonLanguageRuntime (CLR) that it was based on should help address some of the claims that C#/.NET is a direct Java knock-off. The results may be similar, but the paths taken to get there are definitely not the same.

This, and more background information on the development of C#, can be found on the C# Wikipedia Page, as well as elsewhere around the web.