Re:C# is the past, the present and the future
by WayneDB on Friday January 11, 2013 @08:23AM
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One problem with your statement is that C# is not only "Microsoft tech". C# is an ECMA language for crying out loud.
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Re:C# is the past, the present and the future
by taylodl on Friday January 11, 2013 @03:57PM
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Microsoft used Ecma as a standards repository, not a standards body. Ecma neither created nor endorsed C# - they received and recorded a standards submission from Microsoft thus making C# "Microsoft tech."
Finally, neither C# 3.0, 4.0 or 5.0 have been submitted to Ecma. So we can hardly refer to C# as an Ecma language for crying out loud! :)
Re:C# is the past, the present and the future
by WayneDB on Monday January 14, 2013 @12:51PM
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I didn't say that ECMA created or endorsed C#. I said that it's an ECMA standard because no matter how much posturing anyone wants to do, it is one.
Features of C# 3.0 and 4.0 have too been included in the ECMA standard. So yes, we can definitely refer to C# as an ECMA language...for crying out loud. The standard is not updated as often as Microsoft or Mono release a new version of their runtime (ohnoes!), just like web standards when a browser Mfr. comes out with a new feature.