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C# 2.0 Spec Released

Posted by michael on from the most-anticipated-new-language-of-the-week dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft released the design specifications document for C# 2.0 (codenamed 'Whidbey') to be released early next year. New features of the language include generics similar to those found in Eiffel and Ada, anonymous methods similar to lambda functions in Lisp, iterators, and partial types."

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  1. Re:Does C# have continuations? by OverlordQ · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Oh boo hoo, the reason it's not in Perl is probably because there's a better/easier way :)

    (Please note I have no clue what he means by continuations)

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  2. Re:Does C# have continuations? by saden1 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    He got you too? WTF is continuations? Exception handling?

    Please speak American. We don't know what continuations are.

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  3. Re:this is fantastic by technomancerX · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I realize the parent is flamebait, but I can't resist.

    Java already has generics, dumbass. They're in the 1.5 release, which is currently in beta (you know, as in a downloadable IMPLEMENTATION, as opposed to just on paper).

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  4. Let's all sing together by Multics · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Let's be sure to adopt and extend
    Let's be sure to adopt and extend
    lest someone come to close to us
    Let's be sure to adopt and extend!

    ;-)

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  5. Re:It's already there in Java 1.5 by krumms · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    True, it hasn't been released yet (the first Java 1.5 betas are due next quarter), neither is Whidbey, and the JSRs have been out for some time, and the prototype compiler with generic support has been available for months.

    1. I wasn't talking about Whidbey, I was talking about the current release of C#.
    2. JSRs are talk. C# is a reality.
    3. C# has already been implemented - further, its implementation is already production quality (irrespective of what Microsoft's definition of "production quality" is - if you disagree, break it for me will you?)
    4. How long has C# been production quality for?

    I don't mean to be rude, but I don't see what your point is. I'm saying C# is here. You're saying Java 1.5 is almost here, and has been prancing around in pre-production since forever.

    And?