C Sharp
- The title of this article is wrong due to some limitations. The right title is C#.
C# (pronounced "see sharp") is a computer programming language. It is made by Microsoft. It was created to use all capacities of .NET platform. The first version was released in 2001. The most recent version is C# 4.0. C# 4.0 was released in April 2010. C# is a modern language. C#'s development team is led by Anders Hejlsberg, the creator of Delphi.
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[change] Execution Platform
- The Microsoft .NET platform
- Free implementation of C# and .NET like Mono developed by Novell, or dotGNU developed by the Free Software Foundation
Today, C# can be run on most platforms (Windows, Linux, ...) without modification of the source code. The C# can be run on the Xbox 360 platform with a special framework.
[change] Syntax
C# code looks a lot like C++ and Java code. It is an object-oriented programming language. The CLR (Common Language Runtime) is needed in order to run a C# program.
Example:
using System; class HelloWorld { public static void Main(string[] args) { Console.WriteLine("Hello World!"); } }
This code writes "Hello world" in the output console.
[change] Integrated Development Environments
C# can be edited in a number of IDEs (Integrated Development Environments), some of which are listed below:
Windows:
Mac OS X:
- MonoDevelop(With limitations)
Unix/Linux:
