C#

C# is a general-purpose high-level programming language supporting multiple paradigms. C# encompasses static typing, strong typing, lexically scoped, imperative, declarative, functional, generic, object-oriented (class-based), and component-oriented programming disciplines. Wikipedia

Created Year: 2001
Designed by: Mads TorgersenMicrosoftAnders Hejlsberg
Developed by: Anders Hejlsberg
Implemented in: C#
Named after: C♯, Q2407
Aliases: c#, Microsoft Java
File extensions: cs, csx

Wikidata: Q2370

Influenced: BallerinaBeefBooChapelCrystalDDartF#GosuHackJavaJS++KotlinMonkey XNimPascalABC.NETPowerShellQ#RingRustSwiftTypeScriptVala

Influenced by: CC++Classic Visual BasicDelphiEiffelF#HaskellIconJavaJ#MLModula-3Object PascalRustVisual J++

Programming paradigms: functional programminggeneric programmingstructured programmingclass-based programmingmulti-paradigm programmingstrict programmingobject-oriented programmingreflective programmingevent-driven programmingimperative programming

Language types: multi-paradigm programming languageevent-driven programming languagehigh-level programming languageclass-based programming language

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Hello World in C#

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