Microsoft's C# (Sharp) & .NET -- A Heads Up

[Don Tuttle]

Consider this a heads up NOT a promotion!!

In case you haven't heard Microsoft is coming out with a massive new Web
stratagy that, in part, uses a new language called C# (That sharp, like in
music).  Here's a part of what they have to say:

"Because of its elegant object-oriented design, C# is a great choice for
architecting a wide range of components-from high-level business objects to
system-level applications. Using simple C# language constructs, these
components can be converted into Web services, allowing them to be invoked
across the Internet, from any language running on any operating system."

"More than anything else, C# is designed to bring rapid development to the
C++ programmer without sacrificing the power and control that have been a
hallmark of C and C++. Because of this heritage, C# has a high degree of
fidelity with C and C++. Developers familiar with these languages can
quickly become productive in C#."
.......

"The modern design of C# eliminates the most common C++ programming errors.
For example:

Garbage collection relieves the programmer of the burden of manual memory
management.
Variables in C# are automatically initialized by the environment.
Variables are type-safe. "

Hmmm, sound familar?
Here's the link
http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/nextgen/technology/csharpintro.asp

I look forward to you comments.

Don


--
Believe nothing no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if
I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common
sense.
--Buddha