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After a brief introduction to C#, this reference book for experienced programmers documents the technical specification of the C# programming language. It lists the syntax of expressions, statements, classes, namespaces, exceptions, and attributes. This updated edition concludes with 100 pages on the generics, anonymous methods, iterators, and partial types new to version 2.0 of C#.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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C# is a simple, modern, object-oriented, and type-safe programming language that combines the high productivity of rapid application development languages with the raw power of C and C++. Written by the language's architect and design team members, The C# Programming Language is the definitive technical reference for C#. Moving beyond the online documentation, the book provides the complete specification of the language along with descriptions, reference materials, and code samples from the C# design team. The first part of the book opens with an introduction to the language to bring readers quickly up to speed on the concepts of C#. Next follows a detailed and complete technical specification of the C# 1.0 language, as delivered in Visual Studio .NET 2002 and 2003. Topics covered include Lexical Structure, Types, Variables, Conversions, Expressions, Statements, Namespaces, Exceptions, Attributes, and Unsafe Code.The second part of the book provides an introduction to and technical specification of the four major new features of C# 2.0: Generics, Anonymous Methods, Iterators, and Partial Types.Reference tabs and an exhaustive print index allow readers to easily navigate the text and quickly find the topics that interest them most. An enhanced online index allows readers to quickly and easily search the entire text for specific topics.With the recent acceptance of C# as a standard by both the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and ECMA, understanding the C# specification has become critical. The C# Programming Language is the definitive reference for programmers who want to acquire an in-depth knowledge of C#.
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About the Author
A programming legend, Anders Hejlsberg is the architect of the C# language and a Microsoft distinguished engineer. He joined Microsoft in 1996, following a fifteen-year career at Borland, where he was the chief architect of Delphi and Turbo Pascal.
Scott Wiltamuth is the author of the C# specification.
Before his recent retirement, Peter Golde served as lead developer and C# compiler at Microsoft. As the primary Microsoft representative on the ECMA committee that recently standardized C#, he led the implementation of the compiler and worked on the language design.
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The C# project started almost five years ago, in December 1998, with the goal to create a simple, modern, object-oriented, and type-safe programming language for the new and yet to be named .NET platform. Since then, C# has come a long way. The language is now in use by hundreds of thousands of programmers, it has been standardized by both ECMA and ISO/IEC, and the development of a second version of the language with several major new features is close to completion.This book is a complete technical specification of the C# programming language. The book is divided into three parts. Part I, "C# 1.0," includes Chapters 1-18 and describes the C# 1.0 language, as delivered in Visual Studio .NET 2002 and 2003. Part II, "C# 2.0," includes Chapters 19-23 and describes the four major new features of C# 2.0: generics, anonymous methods, iterators, and partial types. Part III, "Appendixes," describes documentation comments and summarizes the lexical and syntactic grammars found in Part I of the book. As of this writing, C# 2.0 is close to entering beta testing. Because C# 2.0 is still a work in progress, some of the new features described in the second part of the book might change in the final release. We do, however, expect any such changes to be minor.Many people have been involved in the creation of the C# language. The language design team for C# 1.0 consisted of Anders Hejlsberg, Scott Wiltamuth, Peter Golde, Peter Sollich, and Eric Gunnerson. For C# 2.0, the language design team consisted of Anders Hejlsberg, Peter Golde, Peter Hallam, Shon Katzenberger, Todd Proebsting, and Anson Horton. Furthermore, the design and implementation of generics in C# and the .NET Common Language Runtime is based on the "Gyro" prototype built by Don Syme and Andrew Kennedy of Microsoft Research.It is impossible to acknowledge all the people who have influenced the design of C#, but we are nonetheless grateful to all of them. Nothing good gets designed in a vacuum, and the constant feedback we receive from our large and enthusiastic user base is invaluable.C# has been and continues to be one of the most challenging and exciting projects on which we've worked. We hope you enjoy using C# as much as we enjoyed creating it.Anders Hejlsberg
Scott Wiltamuth
Peter Golde
Seattle, August 2003
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