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Re:Why did Microsoft create C#? Wasn't Java good enough in t... by pjmlp on Sunday February 11, 2018 @02:16PM (#16354224)
C# Attributes were introduced in .NET 1.0. Released in 2002. Betas were available already during 2001.

Java annotations started to be discussed in 2002, with JSR-175, finally delivered with Java 1.5, released in 2004.

So how come it is a Java innovation?

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Re:Why did Microsoft create C#? Wasn't Java good enough in t... by Max-q on Sunday February 11, 2018 @03:10PM (#16354494)
You are absolutely right. My bad.
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