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C# and CLI Become More Powerful - Ecma Improves the Existing Standards for C# and CLI by Publishing the Third Edition

Geneva (ots)

In June 2005 the Ecma General Assembly approved the
third edition of the standards for C# and CLI. With the first edition
of the standards in 2002 and their adoption by ISO/IEC in 2003, the
industry was given powerful tools to enable vendor-neutral
development of Web services. Today, Ecma is keeping pace with the
growing needs of the developer community by publishing the third
edition.
New core features - The object-oriented programming language C#
allows developers to easily build XML-based Web services with any
language and on any platform. With the third edition, the standard
has been substantially improved. It contains several new core
features such as generics, nullable types and anonymous methods,
which can simplify event handling.
More productive - At the same time, Ecma has improved the standard
for CLI, in which applications written in multiple high-level
languages can be executed in different system environments. The
standard now includes first-class support for generics at both
run-time and class level. Besides, a parallel Application Programming
Interface (API) allows developers to more easily develop code to
simultaneously run on multiple threads.
"Intel is committed to fostering open standards. Ecma's
ratification of the CLI specification is proof that cooperation
between companies, universities and individuals can produce a quality
product," said Wen-Hann Wang, general manager of Intel's Managed
Run-Time Division. "An open CLI standard helps encourage research and
enablement to ensure the success of managed applications on standard
computing platforms."
David Patrick, Novell's general manager of Linux, open source and
platform services commented: "We are very pleased with the upgrades
to the Ecma C# language specification as they show the evolution of a
language which is adapting to the needs of modern applications."
"Ecma's endorsement of the latest version of C# and CLI reaffirms
Microsoft's ongoing commitment to open standards," said Anders
Hejlsberg, distinguished engineer at Microsoft Corporation.
"Microsoft is excited about making the advances in C# broadly
available through Ecma standardization."
Dr. Nigel Perry, computer scientist, New Zealand, and convener of
the Ecma C# technical committee commented: "C# is a standardized
modern object-oriented language which is available across multiple
platforms; complete releases for Windows, Linux and MacOS X are all
expected by the end of this year, making it very attractive for both
commercial projects and teaching."
"Ecma members have produced a quality, cohesive specification from
a multitude of draft technologies, allowing for a more robust managed
code experience," said Joel Marcey, Ecma CLI technical group convener
and Intel software engineer.
About Ecma International
Since its inception in 1961, Ecma International (Ecma) has
developed standards for Information and Communication Technology
(ICT) and Consumer Electronics (CE). Ecma is a non-profit industry
association of technology developers, vendors and users. Industry and
other experts work together at Ecma to complete standards. Ecma
submits its work for approval as ISO, ISO/IEC and ETSI standards and
is the inventor and main practitioner of "fast tracking" of
specifications through the standardisation process in global
standards bodies such as the ISO. Publications can be downloaded free
of charge from http://www.ecma-international.org/.

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