Is the C# language a Microsoft product?

Question

I am proofing my thesis and I am wondering how I should describe the language that I used

• Microsoft C-Sharp (C#)
• C-Sharp (C#)
• C#
• C# and the Microsoft .NET Framework

Combinations of, or something else?

Answer 1

I'd go with "The Microsoft C# programming language and the Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.5 SP1".

Answer 2

"Microsoft Visual C#" if you're talking about their compiler/implementation, otherwise just "C#" in my opinion (feel free to qualify with "programming language" if you care to). The version number is definitely helpful too. Remember, it's a published standard and theirs is not the only implementation (though they did come up with it).

Answer 3

The C# language is an ECMA standard. The standard was submitted by Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Microsoft and it was developed within Microsoft. The standard never uses the term "Microsoft C#". Hence, I would label it initially as "the C# programming language, developed by Microsoft" and subsequently I would only reference it as "C#" or "C# programming language", just like the standard does (ECMA-334 pdf).

Answer 4

How about "Microsoft's C# language implementation on the Microsoft .NET Framework"?