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C# 7.2 is the latest point release of C#, and adds a number of small but useful features.
All the features are described in wonderful detail in the docs. Start with the overview, What's new in C# 7.2, which gives you an excellent introduction to the new set of capabilities. It is worth celebrating that a significant portion of the docs are ...
With C# we have always tended towards major releases: bundle a lot of features up, and release less frequently. We even went so far as routinely omitting the traditional ".0" when we talked about C# 6.0!
In the C# 7.0 "wave" we are trying something new. Tools such as Visual Studio upgrade on a frequent cadence, and there's no longer a ...
Here is a description of all the new language features in C# 7.0, which came out last Tuesday as part of the Visual Studio 2017 release.
C# 7.0 adds a number of new features and brings a focus on data consumption, code simplification and performance. Perhaps the biggest features are tuples, which make it easy to have multiple results, and ...
The .NET Language Strategy
I am constantly aware of the enormous impact our language investments have on so many people's daily lives. Our languages are a huge strength of the .NET platform, and a primary factor in people choosing to bet on it - and stay on it.
I've been here on the .NET languages team at Microsoft for more than a decade, and...
Update (4/2017): See New Features in C# 7.0, the update to this post.
What follows is a description of all the planned language features in C# 7.0. With the release of Visual Studio "15" Preview 4, most of these features are coming alive. Now is a great time to take them for a spin and tell us your thoughts!
C# 7.0 adds a number...
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