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║ C# version ║ VS version ║ .NET version ║ CLR version ║ Release date ║
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║ 1.0 ║ 2002 ║ 1.0 ║ 1.0 ║ Feb 2002 ║
║ 1.2 ║ 2003 ║ 1.1 ║ 1.1 ║ Apr 2003 ║
║ 2.0 ║ 2005 ║ 2.0 ║ 2.0 ║ Nov 2005 ║
║ ║ ║ 3.0 ║ 2.0 ║ Nov 2006 ║
║ 3.0 ║ 2008 ║ 3.5 ║ 2.0 ║ Nov 2007 ║
║ 4.0 ║ 2010 ║ 4.0 ║ 4 ║ Apr 2010 ║
║ 5.0 ║ 2012 ║ 4.5 ║ 4 ║ Aug 2012 ║
║ 5.0 ║ 2013 ║ 4.5.1 ║ 4 ║ Oct 2013 ║
║ ║ ║ 4.5.2 ║ 4 ║ May 2014 ║
║ 6.0 ║ 2015 ║ 4.6 ║ 4 ║ Jul 2015 ║
║ ║ ║ 4.6.1 ║ 4 ║ Nov 2015 ║
║ ║ ║ 4.6.2 ║ 4 ║ Aug 2016 ║
║ 7.0 ║ 2017 ║ ║ ║ Mar 2017 ║
║ ║ ║ 4.7 ║ 4 ║ May 2017 ║
║ 7.1 ║ 2017(v15.3)║ ║ ║ Aug 2017 ║
║ ║ ║ 4.7.1 ║ 4 ║ Oct 2017 ║
║ 7.2 ║ 2017(v15.5)║ ║ ║ Dec 2017 ║
║ ║ ║ 4.7.2 ║ 4 ║ Apr 2018 ║
║ 7.3 ║ 2017(v15.7)║ ║ ║ May 2018 ║
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- C# 1.0 released with .NET 1.0 and VS2002 (January 2002)
- C# 1.2 (bizarrely enough); released with .NET 1.1 and VS2003 (April 2003). First version to call
Dispose on IEnumerators which implemented IDisposable. A few other small features.
- C# 2.0 released with .NET 2.0 and VS2005 (November 2005). Major new features: generics, anonymous methods, nullable types, iterator blocks
- C# 3.0 released with .NET 3.5 and VS2008 (November 2007). Major new features: lambda expressions, extension methods, expression trees, anonymous types, implicit typing (
var), query expressions
- C# 4.0 released with .NET 4 and VS2010 (April 2010). Major new features: late binding (
dynamic), delegate and interface generic variance, more COM support, named arguments, tuple data type and optional parameters
- C# 5.0 released with .NET 4.5 and VS2012 (August 2012). Major features: async programming, caller info attributes. Breaking change: loop variable closure.
- C# 6.0 released with .NET 4.6 and VS2015 (July 2015). Implemented by Roslyn. Features: initializers for automatically implemented properties, using directives to import static members, exception filters, element initializers,
await in catch and finally, extension Add methods in collection initializers.
- C# 7.0 released with .NET 4.7 and VS2017 (March 2017) Major new features: tuples, ref locals and ref return, pattern matching (including pattern-based switch statements), inline
outparameter declarations, local functions, binary literals, digit separators, and arbitrary async returns.
- C# 7.1 released with VS2017 v15.3 (August 2017) New features: async main, tuple member name inference, default expression, pattern matching with generics.
- C# 7.2 released with VS2017 v15.5 (November 2017) New features: private protected access modifier, Span<T>, aka interior pointer, aka stackonly struct, everything else.
- C# 7.3 released with VS2017 v15.7 (May 2018). New features: enum, delegate and
unmanagedgeneric type constraints. ref reassignment. Unsafe improvements: stackalloc initialization, unpinned indexed fixed buffers, custom fixed statements. Improved overloading resolution. Expression variables in initializers and queries. == and != defined for tuples. Auto-properties' backing fields can now be targeted by attributes.
- C# 8.0 currently in preview. Expected new features: Non-nullable reference-types,
IAsyncEnumerable<T> support, Ranges, and default interface methods.