OpenEuphoria

Re: C# (SHARP) by MicroSoft

• Posted by David Cuny <dcuny at LANSET.COM> Jun 29, 2000
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Wayne Overman wrote:

>  happened to be in the msdn area and noticed
>  C# (sharp) it's almost identical to euphoria and
> will be utilized for the upcoming .net platform.

About the only thing "identical to euphoria" is the rough linkage to C/C++.
It's feature list and syntax looks suspiciously close to Java's, although
the documentation is careful never to mention it, instead disingeniously
claiming to be derived from C/C++. Rumor has it that Microsoft was working
on a 'Java killer', since they were unable to dilute/tie Java to the Windows
platform. But C# isn't entirely a Java clone; unique features include:

  - limited support for pointers
  - use of COM objects
  - runs only on the Windows platform

-- David Cuny