Question

I’ve been a “Microsoft developer” ever since I started programming… I started out by learning QBasic then ASP & Visual Basic and finally I moved on to learn VB.NET, ASP.NET and C# which is now my primary language. Still I’ve always wanted to learn something like Java or C++ to see how what the “other side” is like, and to learn the pros and cons of each platform. The only problem is that I never found the time or opportunity to pick up another language.

My basic understanding is that Java and C# have a lot of similarities as well as a lot of differences. Coming from C# I’m mostly interested in what C# could learn from Java, or put another way, what I’m missing out on.

Answer 1

• checked exceptions
• package visibility for submodules. AFAIK you can only have one module per assembly. I mean a group of tightly coupled classes which can see each other but should be hidden from the outside world.