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JOHN SMITH
Android Development Techdegree Student 142 PointsBOTH JAVA AND C# ARE OOP LANGUAGE SO WHY MICROSOFT CREATE C#??
BOTH JAVA AND C# ARE OOP LANGUAGE SO WHY MICROSOFT CREATE C#??
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,269 PointsThis is an old question discussed in detail on the web.
But some of the significant differences often cited (in no specific order) include:
- C# supports language interoperability via .NET
- C# namespaces are not related to directories
- C# has properties and indexers
- C# supports structures, operator overloading and preprocessor directives
- C# has easy API function access
- C# has a different implementation of enums
- C# has generics
- C# has lambda syntax
- C# has support for LINQ
- C# has extension methods
- C# has null-able value types
- C# has unsigned value types
- C# has events
JOHN SMITH
Android Development Techdegree Student 142 PointsTHANKS YOU CLEAR MY CONFUSION:)
Randy Eichelberger
445 PointsRandy Eichelberger
445 PointsThe same reason Sun Microsystems made Java when there was already C++. Each language has many similarities, but they also have their own uniqueness. Use the tool that fits the job.
Java has also lost a lot of popularity on the web, getting replaced with Ruby on Rails, the MEAN stack, and ASP.NET due to performance issues.