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On Sat, 9 Oct 2004 08:12:10 -0400, Bob Watson wrote:

> Although C# is allegedly based on (an extension of
> the idea) of Java and C++ , I see a lot of pascal
> sorts of things in it ... maybe I should say "Delphi
> things".  To explain, the syntax is not very Delphi
> like, but I see a lot of ideas from Delphi built
> into C#.  I understand that Andres Heilsberg (sp)
> is the main C# architect and likely this is the
> reason.  Am I "full of it" or is this obvious to
> y'all also??
> 
> I ask this question because I think
> it will likely reduce my "learning curve".  I have
> been reading the book "C# and the .Net Platform"
> by Andrew Troelsen which is a little different
> for me ... that is reading a book BEFORE I
> install the software ... the software box is
> still sitting on my desk.  Its a very good book
> in case you ever need one.

I am not sure how much Anders affected the process since he was
responsible for C# and not for the .NET framework. But yes there are a
lot of similarities to Delphi.

I would say that an understanding of Delphi or Java will make it a lot
easier to get into .NET

-- 
Marc Rohloff [TeamB]
marc rohloff at myrealbox dot com