ECMA-333. C# Language specification

Description

This International Standard is based on a submission from Hewlett-Packard, Intel, and Microsoft, that described a language called C#, which was developed within Microsoft.This Ecma Standard has been adopted by the General Assembly of June 2006.This International Standard specifies the form and establishes the interpretation of programs written in the C# programming language. It specifies The representation of C# programs; The syntax and constraints of the C# language; The semantic rules for interpreting C# programs; The restrictions and limits imposed by a conforming implementation of C#.This International Standard does not specify The mechanism by which C# programs are transformed for use by a data-processing system; The mechanism by which C# applications are invoked for use by a data-processing system; The mechanism by which input data are transformed for use by a C# application; The mechanism by which output data are transformed after being produced by a C# application; The size or complexity of a program and its data that will exceed the capacity of any specific dataprocessing system or the capacity of a particular processor; All minimal requirements of a data-processing system that is capable of supporting a conforming implementation.