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What Is C#? Simplified In 200 Words

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SPEC INDIA
Posted

February 26, 2020

Updated

June 29th, 2023

C#, pronounced as ‘C Sharp,’ was created as the part of Microsoft’s .NET project in 2000.

It’s mainly used to build web services & APIs, web applications, games, windows services, mobile apps, cloud apps, and interoperability software (Office, SharePoint, SQL Server).

It’s a general-purpose, modern, and object-oriented programming language, acquiring the best of C and C++ to develop next-gen apps. It’s designed for Common Language Infrastructure (CLI).

Key characteristics such as declarative, event-driven, strongly-typed, functional, flexible, and multi-paradigm are making C# one of the most popular programming languages among developers.

It’s approved as an international standard by ECMA and ISO.

C#

Benefits:

  • Easy to learn and use
  • Open-source and cross-platform
  • Versatile language, suitable for almost all types of apps
  • Safe, faster, and efficient
  • Scalable and structured language

It’s syntactically similar to languages like Java, C++, and C.

It is a preferred language for distributed environments, embedded systems, and game consoles. C# is the first choice of developers for building Microsoft apps.

It is continuously evolving with the support of a large Microsoft community.

The latest version is 8.0, released in 2019.

The distinguishing features are Automatic Garbage Collection, memory management, Typesafe, dynamic binding, and many more.

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