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I. what is C#?
II. where did it come from?
III. what does it all mean?
IV. what does it look like?
V. want to get some?
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what is C#?
C# is a multi-paradigm programming language that encompasses
functional, imperative, generic, and object-oriented
programming disciplines
developed by Microsoft as a part of the .NET framework and later
approved as a standard by ECMA and ISO
intended to be simple, modern, general purpose, object oriented
programming language
suitable for writing apps for both hosted and embedded systems
uses Web standards like XML and Simple Object Access Protocol
(SOAP) which allows developers to build on, rather than
duplicate, the skills of other programmers
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what is C#?
4 design goals in mind when developed:
“to create a unified type system and simplifying the way that value
and reference types are used by the language
a component-based design established through features such as
XML comments, attributes, properties, events and delegates.
practical developer headroom established through the unique
capabilities of the C# language, including safe pointer
manipulation, overflow checking, and more
pragmatic language constructs, such as the foreach and using
statements, which improve developer productivity”
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where did it come from?
started as a language called COOL but was
renamed C# when .NET was publicly
announced in July 2000
lead architect is Anders Hejlsberg who was
involved with Visual J++. Borland Delphi. and
Turbo Pascal
Influenced by Object Pascal, C++, Modula-3, Java,
Eiffel
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what does it all mean?
features
all methods and members must be declared within classes
C# supports a strict Boolean type
most object access is done through safe references which
cannot be made invalid
managed memory cannot be explicitly freed but is
automatically garbage collected which addresses
memory leaks
more type safe than C++
Currently has 77 reserved words
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what does it look like?
examples
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z9hsy596.aspx
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want to get some?
hello@momentumdesignlab.com
1.866.542.7124
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