Take the 2-minute tour ×  I don't know much about C# but I've
been programming in Java for a few months now. I had always
heard what C and C++ were, but was a little curious about where
C# came from. I'm a little confused about the C# language since
even though it's one of the 'C' languages (C, C++, C#), on the
other hand all of my professors seem to line it up against Java,
and not the others.  If anyone can clarify that would be great
:)  share|improve this question By any chance, have you looked
at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Sharp_(programming_language) ? – 
Lionel Oct 25 '11 at 1:10 Thank you!! That was very helpful :)
–  Kaitlyn Mcmordie Oct 25 '11 at 1:14 Just to quote a friend of
mine, which is C# dev and teacher when asking him about C# : «
you know java ? Then just change the compiler and it should work
just fine ». He was obviously ironic, but wanted to emphasis how
similar the 2 plateforms are. –  deadalnix Oct 25 '11 at 7:55
add comment  2 Answers  up vote 6 down vote accepted  Probably
because Java