Talk:C Sharp Programming/Foreword

The following paragraph was on the Forward page: "C# was originally designed to be the Microsoft's variant of Java and was originally named 'COOL', that however, was changed to C# later down the development process." The original name of the language is definitely interesting. I hadn't heard that it was originally called "COOL", so I thought it would be great to see a citing for that tidbit. "Cool" is such a common word in C# articles, though, that I couldn't locate a reference for that fact. I'm sure, too, that MS created C# to rival Java, but some people (MS marketing, for example), may disagree.

In any event, the Wikipedia C Sharp article seems the best place for that information, especially since it already has a section on the language name. If somebody can confirm the accuracy of that language name evolution, it would be great if he or she could move that paragraph to the Wikipedia C Sharp article and cite a source. Until then, I think it's best to remove the unconfirmed paragraph from this article. Rodasmith 20:32, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Authors
I'm new here so I don't know the protocol regarding an "Authors" section. Is such a section appropriate for a WikiBook? Rodasmith 21:04, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

--Reply |"Cool" Article Here is mentioned that it was originally codenamed to be "Cool", and sure we can cut out the "rival Java part". --Eray 13:15, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

--Reply I've removed the Authors part and added the History part containing links to references citing that the codename indeed was "Cool", and the ECMA submission date.--Eray 13:27, 31 December 2005 (UTC)


 * That "Cool" info in your History section is great, Eray. It would also be good copied into the "Language name" section of Wikipedia's C# article. Rodasmith 22:09, 31 December 2005 (UTC)