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Basic idea

Microsoft’s object-oriented multi-paradigm language for the .NET runtime (Hejlsberg, 2000). Statically typed, garbage-collected, JIT-compiled — sits between Java and C++ in flavour, with first-class LINQ and async/await.

Key facts

• Year / creator: 2000, Anders Hejlsberg at Microsoft.
• Paradigm: OO + functional + generic.
• Typing: static, strong; type inference via var.
• Memory: garbage-collected on .NET CLR; manual via unsafe.
• Notable features: LINQ, async/await, records, pattern matching, nullable reference types.

Siblings

• c
• cpp
• Erlang
• Go
• Haskell
• Java
• JavaScript
• Lua
• Racket
• risc v
• Rust
• TypeScript
• x86 Assembly