IDG Contributor Network: Microsoft lays out the future direction for its .NET languages

Microsoft has released a detailed update to its .NET language strategy, providing guidance on how three languages will play a part in its forward strategy and what their roles will be. The lengthy blog post covers Microsoft's language strategy, the framework for each language, and how each language will evolve.

Microsoft first introduced the .NET tools in 2002. At the time, it had two languages: C# and Visual Basic (VB). Since then it has added a third language, called F#, which does its own special functions.

Microsoft notes that C# is currently one of the most popular programming languages, and its Stack Overflow survey confirms that. Visual Basic doesn't even show up, but that could simply mean VB is popular elsewhere, like with beginner programmers, who move on to C# or C++.

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