C#

Appeared in:
2002
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Programming language

C# is a modern general-purpose programming language designed for CLI (Common Language Infrastructure) specification.

Language development started in 1999 under the name Cool (“C-like Object Oriented language”). It was renamed to “C#” later to avoid trademark conflict and to emphasis both its origin from C++ and its superiority compared to it.

C# 1.0 was released in 2002 by Microsoft.

The official standards of the language are ECMA-334 and ISO/IEC 23270:2006. Microsoft Visual C# is C# reference implementation, though there exist several other implementations.

C# was designed as a simple modern language similar to C++ which should implement a number of features which improve safety and robustness of code as well as development efficiency and code portability.

C# is still a relatively young language, but it gains popularity fast.

Examples:

Hello, World!:

Example for versions Microsoft Visual C# 2008 
using System;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Hello, World!");
    }
}

Factorial:

Example for versions Microsoft Visual C# 2008

This example uses recursive factorial definition. 

using System;

class Program
{
    static long Factorial(int n)
    {
        if (n == 0)
            return 1;
        else
            return n * Factorial(n - 1);
    }
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < 17; i++)
            Console.WriteLine("{0}! = {1}",i,Factorial(i));
    }
}

Fibonacci numbers:

Example for versions Microsoft Visual C# 2008

This example uses recursive definition of Fibonacci numbers. 

using System;

class Program
{
    static long Fibonacci(int n)
    {
        if (n < 3)
            return 1;
        else
            return Fibonacci(n - 1) + Fibonacci(n - 2);
    }
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        for (int i = 1; i < 17; i++)
            Console.Write("{0}, ", Fibonacci(i));
        Console.WriteLine("...");
    }
}