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C# and CLI Fast-tracked to ISO

Posted by Hemos on from the get-yer-ISO-on dept.

jdfox writes "It wasn't that long ago that ECMA approved standardisation of Microsoft C# and the associated Common Language Infrastructure. Now they have used the "fast-track" agreement between ECMA and ISO to move ISO ratification forward quickly, according to this article on CNET. We should see ISO C# by January.
Maybe this will finally persuade Sun to take their leash off of Java."

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  1. Re:What good is it by j3110 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Monster.com begs to differ:
    Java: 961
    C++: 827
    C#: 118
    C: 885 (also returns C++/C# matches... some want both, few want just C)

    Java + C++: 381

    I'll give you two guesses of why someone needs to know both Java and C++. (Hint, they aren't moving from Java to C++.)

    C# has went from 0->118 in a few months. I think it's surpassed C already. You should have said
    Java absolutely. C++ absolutely. C# soon enough. C not in another few months.

    The programming community is moving to an object oriented philosophy, mostly because XP is common place and XP pretty much requires OOP.

    Given monster.com isn't the all knowing oracle, but I think it does show a trend. In the end, there will be two options for high level languages: Java and .Net. If for no other reason than portability and OO.

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