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Microsoft don't like to admit it but C# and the CLR are their direct response loosing a lawsuit to Sun taht made them stop developing their own versions of Java

by Sammi 8y ago

Microsoft don't like to admit it but C# and the CLR are their direct response loosing a lawsuit to Sun taht made them stop developing their own versions of Java and the JVM. So Microsoft got the luxury of being able to go back to the drawing board and try to "do Java right". At least with the knowledge gained from developing Java in the 90s.

jacques_chester 8y ago
Plus they hired a veteran language designer to lead the effort -- Anders Hejlsberg. Compared to Java they were unapologetic in rapidly iterating the language and much more aggressive about borrowing ideas from research. Arguably it came full circle in Java 8, which was a big update to the language.