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"About the C# Programming Language"

From David Bolton,
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Definition: Invented in 2000 by Anders Hejlsberg of Microsoft, C# was intended as a Java killer. It runs on the .NET framework.

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Also Known As: C Sharp

Examples: I'll get extra credits for learning C#.

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