When I ran the csc/? command at the Visual Studio command prompt last time, i noticed something unusual. The version of the compiler read 3.5.30729.1.
Specifically, it read as follows.
Microsoft (R) Visual C# 2008 Compiler version 3.5.30729.1
for Microsoft (R) .NET Framework version 3.5
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
I vaguely remembered reading that the .NET Framework 2.0's C# compiler version was 8.something.
With increased curiosity, i checked my Framework folders.
I have the following installed on my machine.
Windows Vista Business Ed. (Service Pack 1)
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
I navigated to C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework
The Framework folder showed the following directories
Thus i have these .NET Frameworks installed on my machine.
v1.0.3705
v1.1.4322
v2.0.50727
v3.0
v3.5
Upon investigating these folders
I found csc.exe in the v2.0.50727 and v3.5 folders.
Interesting! Two versions of the same compiler in 2 different folders with the same name. Different Versions.
I brought up my traditional command prompt. Navigated to each of these folders and executed the csc/?
command.
The 2.0 Framework's C# compiler had this header.
And the 3.5 Framework's C# compiler had the header that looked like this.
Wow. That's a significant change in the version numbers, don't you think?
I feel mystified by the compiler version change. I expected the 3.5 C# compiler's version to be 9.something.
Donno what those C# compiler guys were thinking! May be, they wanted to synchronize the Framework version and the compiler's version. May be i will know when i get to work with .NET 4.0
Anyways, my adventure came to an abrupt end as i could not find any resource that could answer my questions.
And i got to also have my dinner soon. So, see y'all later.
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