A comparison of C/C++ and C#

16 Oct 2001 | by | Filed in
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  1. Introduction
  2. What really is C#?
  3. Comparison with C/C++
  4. Conclusion

Introduction

You should know that many C/C++ developers have been asking this question: Is C# a new programming language or a new version of C/C++. My answer to both questions is that none of these definitions is true. Well, in this article I'm going to go under the hood and show you that C# is a cocktail of Java, C, C++ and Delphi/C++ Builder from Borland. Let's first take a look what C# programming language really is.

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John Godel United States

John H. GODEL has an experience more than 22 years in the area of software development. He is a software engineer and architect. His interests include object-oriented and distributed computin...

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