Don't forget Rx [1] It enhances support for the IObservable/IObserver interfaces, the duals of IEnumerable/IEnumerator, allowing Linq manipulation of asynchron

Don't forget Rx [1] It enhances support for the IObservable/IObserver interfaces, the duals of IEnumerable/IEnumerator, allowing Linq manipulation of asynchronous events. As others have discussed or at least alluded to, C# certainly started out on a par with Java, but has grown into a different beast altogether, if one makes use of all the new developments mentioned. These days my C# code is very un-Java-like, and far more Functional. [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/gg577609.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/gg577609.aspx