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Subject: Re: Does Java change as much as .NET?
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On 9/27/2012 5:44 PM, jbeteta@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm a .NET developer, but don't know too much about Java. Since I'm
> going to learn Java, I'm wondering if Java changes as much as .NET.
>
> .NET appears in 2002-2003 with 1.1 version. Then each two years
> Microsoft changes .NET version and add new features, new concepts,
> new languages, etc. There was Visual Studio 2003, then appears Visual
> Studio 2005, then VS 2008 and then VS 2010, and so on. It started
> with Framework 1.1, then came 2.0, then 3.5 and then 4.0.
>
> For Java is similar? Did it have an evolution in a similar way?
>


Java was released in 1995... ish, and is now up to Java version 7, so 
probably Java changes about as much as .Net stuff.  As Lew mentioned, a 
quick Google search and Wikipedia article could tell you this.

Since I know nothing really about .Net and C#, I can't really compare 
them with Java for you.  If it's really important, I think you should do 
your own research, as anything we make up here isn't likely to be very 
carefully researched (or as in my case, researched at all).