This book describes the programming language C# (pronounced “c sharp”), version 2.0. It is a quick
reference for the reader who has already learnt or is learning C# from a standard textbook and who wants
to know the language in more detail. It should be particularly useful for readers who know the Java
programming language and who want to learn C#.

C# is a class-based single-inheritance object-oriented programming language designed for the Common
Language Runtime of M’zoft’s .Net platform, a managed execution environment with a typesafe
intermediate language and automatic memory management. Thus C# is similar to the Java programming
language in many respects, but it is different in almost all details. In general, C# favors programmer
convenience over language simplicity. It was designed by Anders Hejlsberg, Scott Wiltamuth and Peter
Golde from M’zoft Corporation.

C# includes many useful features not found in Java: struct types, operator overloading, reference parameters,
rectangular multi-dimensional arrays, user-definable conversions, properties and indexers (stylized
methods) and delegates (methods as values), but omits Java’s inner classes. See section 29 for a
summary of the main differences.
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