The C# programming language is one of the most powerful and versatile languages in common usage. The C# language was developed in 2000 as part of an effort to re-vamp the windows programming environment. Unlike a lot of older languages C# targets a virtual machine implementation. This makes porting C# to other platforms easier as only the virtual machine needs to be ported. The actual code contained within a standard compiled C# executable is not-dependant on the computer that's meant to run it.