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Where is the C# specification?

April 26, 2017C# specification

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Where is the C# specification?

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There are two versions of the C# specification – one from Microsoft, and one from ECMA. They are the same in all important respects as far as I can tell (a few pieces of explanatory wording are different, but nothing that affects the specification itself) but the numbering of sections is different. The ECMA specification is available as a PDF, or you can email ECMA and they will send you a hard copy for free. Details are on the ECMA website. Alternatively, Jon Jagger’s HTML version is available and is a useful download. It is from a draft version, but it’s very close to the final version. I don’t know whether or not Jon Jagger is planning to make an HTML copy of version 2 of the specification when it’s released. The Microsoft version is available online or within the offline version of the MSDN – look for “specifications, Visual C#” in the index to find it quickly.