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Parts of .NET sound a lot like Java. Is it just a Java rip-off?

April 26, 2017Java rip-off sound

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Parts of .NET sound a lot like Java. Is it just a Java rip-off?

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Not exactly. Like Java, .NET includes a run-time environment that provides a number of important developer services, such as garbage protection. And yes, C#–an object oriented, C-like programming language similar to Java–is the preferred language for .NET development. But Java isn’t the first object-oriented C-like language, and it certainly isn’t the first developer tool to offer a run-time environment (indeed, Microsoft has used a run-time environment for Visual Basic for almost a decade, beginning well before Java was invented).