r/learnprogramming • u/Vafireems • 5h ago

Topic C# or Java?

If you had to choose one class between the two, which would you select and why? I tried to Google the purpose of them; the immediate answers from Google felt very vague and like both of the languages are common. Is one course better for web development as opposed to apps or something? Looking at the courses I'm taking, down the line I will select one of the two. The only thing I know so far is C++, so I'm quite new.

Also, side question: why are there so many languages? The only logical thing I can imagine is there were problems that couldn't be solved with say for example C++ so someone created something new. But why not just build on the original language? Why did they need to reinvent the wheel? Or is it as simple as that: someone wanted to create their own thing?

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u/letsbefrds 5h ago

I still can't explain why I like C# better.

Pretty sure it's because c# just feels closer to JavaScript and async await.

I currently work in kotlin right now for backend it's been pretty good. FYI I haven't written a line of kotlin it's all generated by claude I just read the logic

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u/rupertavery64 4h ago

To me the .NET ecosystem and C# language are just better.

True generics, LINQ, extension methods and of course async await was in there since c# 5.0 / .NET 4.5

Package management isn't terrible either