C# language specification (hard copy)

Question

I am trying to get hold of a hard copy of the C# language spec and heard you can get in touch with Microsoft to do this. I have contacted them by phone and they barely knew what C# was let alone where to get a copy of the spec!

Can anyone shed a bit of light on this please??

Thanks!

Answer 1

You can get a copy of the ECMA spec free from ECMA (in hard copy) - or at least you used to be able to.

For the Microsoft spec, you can buy the annotated copy from Amazon , or of course your other favourite book supplier. I can thoroughly recommend this version - the annotations are really interesting. (Well, mine aren't all that hot, but the other annotators are really smart :)

There are soft copies for free, of course - I maintain a page with links to the the various versions .