[zastrowm]

Yeah, but I wonder if .NET wouldn't have succeeded until .NET Core without generics as a distinguishing feature. I feel like generics + some of the features built on them (LINQ+TPL+etc.) is what let .NET/C# stand apart from Java.

I'm not necessarily saying it would have failed, but I do wonder :: )

[tatersolid]

C# succeeded based on the strength of Visual Studio.

Sure, the language being nicely designed and having some code translation tools helped people switch from VB.

But C# being the “best supported” language in Visual Studio. The productivity gains for developers were too real to ignore, managers saw it, and bought into the Visual Studio ecosystem en masse.

[ragebol]

In turn, Visual Studio has great support for C# because of the C#'s great type system.