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C# 12 in a Nutshell: The Definitive Reference
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Head First C#
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Essential C# 12.0
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Learning C# by Developing Games with Unity 6
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Unity 6 Game Development with C# Scripting
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Monument Valley: The Trilogy (Nintendo Switch)
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Two Point Hospital (PlayStation 4)
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Football Manager 2026 (PlayStation 5)
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Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 (boxed software)
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In June 2000 Microsoft unveiled C#, a new language designed by Danish engineer Anders Hejlsberg, creator of Turbo Pascal and Delphi. It was born after Sun Microsystems sued Microsoft over Java in 1997 and a judge ordered Microsoft’s Java back into line. The Cool project became C#, the heart of .NET, launched with Visual Studio .NET in 2002.
Generics designed at Microsoft Research Cambridge, Mono, the open-sourcing of .NET in 2014 and the Unity engine from Copenhagen took C# into Monument Valley, Two Point Hospital and Football Manager 26. Did you write C#? Tell us in the comments.
Chapters:
0: 00 June 2000: Microsoft unveils C#
2: 14 From the Nascom to Turbo Pascal and Delphi
4: 18 Visual J++, delegates and the Sun lawsuit
7: 01 Judge Whyte’s 1998 Java injunction
8: 33 Project Cool becomes C#
13: 08 The $20 million settlement and Visual Studio .NET
18: 27 Cambridge and the generics that nearly died
23: 59 Mono, Linux and open-source .NET
29: 15 Unity: the Copenhagen engine built on C#
35: 21 Hejlsberg, TypeScript and C#’s invisible legacy
Sources:
InfoWorld — Sun, Microsoft settle Java lawsuit (2001) — https://www.infoworld.com/article/2159673/sun-microsoft-settle-java-lawsuit.html
The Register — Microsoft describes its Java killer (2000) — https://www.theregister.com/2000/06/27/microsoft_describes_its_java_killer/
Artima — The C# Design Process: A Conversation with Anders Hejlsberg — https://www.artima.com/articles/the-c-design-process
Don Syme, Microsoft — .NET/C# Generics History: Some Photos From Feb 1999 — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/dsyme/netc-generics-history-some-photos-from-feb-1999
Microsoft .NET Blog — .NET Core is Open Source (2014) — https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/net-core-is-open-source/
Microsoft — Microsoft Introduces Highly Productive .NET Programming Language: C# (2000)
CNET — Why Microsoft’s C# isn’t (2002)
Microsoft — Visual Studio .NET and .NET Framework launch (2002)
Microsoft Learn — The history of C#
SEGA — Football Manager 26 launches (2025)
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