From: Tom Copeland Date: 2006-07-07T01:43:24+09:00 Subject: Re: Grails > "Austin Ziegler" writes: > > > Then you understand incorrectly. The whole .NET effort was made in > > response to Java, but C# was created avoiding a number of mistakes > > that Java made from the beginning. > > Such as? :) > > C# was based more on Delphi/ObjectPascal anyway, since that > was what the C# chief architect had been responsible for when > he was at Borland. Way OT now, but anyway, Bruce Eckel did a great interview of Anders Heilsberg here: http://www.mindviewinc.com/mediacast/interviews/Index.php He talks about C#, JDK 1.5 generics, all that. Good stuff. Yours, Tom