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I should point out the obvious that C# was designed after Java was in the wild for some time; thus, Microsoft got to learn from the mistakes Java made when desi

I should point out the obvious that C# was designed after Java was in the wild for some time; thus, Microsoft got to learn from the mistakes Java made when designing the language.

jrockway 17y ago
Java has made many design mistakes since C# was released. I keep thinking one day the Java folks are going to come out and say, "AHAHA, WE TROLLED YOU ALL BIG TIME", but sadly I doubt that is going to happen.
- nollidge 17y ago
  Some examples? I haven't used Java for a while now, so I'm asking in earnest.
gaius 17y ago
I disagree. Anders Hejlsberg was already an experienced language designer with the highly commercially successful Turbo Pascal and Delphi under his belt before he came to Microsoft and developed C#. James Gosling only had worked on Oak before Java, a language which never made it past the stage of an internal research project at Sun. It's disingenuous to say MS "copied" anyone in this case - they simply went out and found an experienced languages guru and hired him. Just like when they needed someone who knew about operating systems, they hired Dave Cutler from DEC.
- st3fan 17y ago
  Oak == Java 1.0. The first Java runtime beta that I installed on a Solaris box in 96 or so was called Oak.
  - gaius 17y ago
    I've been using Java on and off since around then (first paying gig in '96) and even at 0.9 it was called Java.