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I concur. With 4.0, C# and the platform has really matured from its origins as a Java clone. All the work to add dynamic language support in the CLR has made C# very enjoyable to code in. The addition of ASP.NET MVC and Razor were both long overdue, and highlights Microsoft's awareness that it now competes more with Ruby and Python than Java.

I hope the departure of the Gu doesn't slow down this progress or shift it in the wrong direction.

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In terms of the language stuff I think we're safe - Anders Hejlsberg [1] - is a great steward of the language and the C# team seems very interested in sensibly adding new components to the language, whether or not Gu is still around to involve himself with the ASP.NET side of things.

[1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Hejlsberg

There hasn't been too much discussion about C# 5 has there? Async / Task<T> and compiler as a service (which is already available in Mono) are the only new features that I think I've heard about.

Not that there won't be more stuff in there, nor do I think the radio silence on C# 5 is at all related to this... mostly I'm just curious if anyone has heard more about it :)

I believe ScottGu was in charge of the .Net platform which is the CLR and and related technology. C# is run by Anders Hejlsberg.

I don't know who Hejlsberg reports to but as a Technical Fellow I doubt it was ScottGu (with no disrespect intended)

If memory serves, Anders used to report to the Product Unit Manager for C# (even as a TF). Although, I'm sure DevDiv has reorged several times in the past four years, and my recollection of the org chart is no longer accurate.

ScottGu is several levels above Hejlsberg, who was underneath him in the org.

>> With 4.0, C# and the platform has really matured from its origins as a Java clone

So LINQ, proper generics, indexers, first class properties, delegates, events, using blocks, lambdas ... were cloned from Java?

I think he was trying to say it's matured away from its origins (in a good way).

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