Applied C# in Financial Markets
Chapter One
What is .NET and
how does C# fit in?
C# is one of the family of languages that make up .NET, the idea being
that VB programmers could pick up VB.NET easily and C++ or Java
developers could move into C# without too many problems. This meant,
potentially, that existing teams of VB and C++ or Java programmers
could develop code in a familiar language and the compilers organise
the code to run together.
Note that C# is case sensitive, thus Console.Write is not the same as
console.write.
1.1 .NET FRAMEWORK AND THE COMMON
LANGUAGE RUNTIME
The Common Language Runtime (CLR) is the end result of the source
code when compiled. However, to get to the CLR the C# source is first
compiled into Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL). The intermediate
language is necessary as this allows the family of languages to all
work together (C#, VB.NET, etc.), so in theory developers can work in
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