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Microsoft 'X#' language now 'Xen'
Rumours that Microsoft had shelved its 'X#' programming language have now been quashed as it has become apparent the software giant is in fact still forging away with it.
[blockquote]Erik Meijer, a former Microsoft researcher and now a technical lead with Microsoft's Webdata group, confirmed that Xen and X# are one and the same.
"We found the name X# caused too much confusion around C#," said Meijer, explaining the name change. "What really matters is that we are doing research in data integration in programming languages."
While Meijer presented a paper on Xen to attendees of the XML 2003 conference in Philadelphia in December, Microsoft has declined repeated requests to discuss the language.
XML Messaging Architect Don Box was one of the first to hint, back in December 2002, that Microsoft was working on an XML programming language. But when asked late last year about the status of X#, Box wouldn't say much.
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[link=http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,4248,1454549,00.asp]The full report[/link]
[blockquote]Erik Meijer, a former Microsoft researcher and now a technical lead with Microsoft's Webdata group, confirmed that Xen and X# are one and the same.
"We found the name X# caused too much confusion around C#," said Meijer, explaining the name change. "What really matters is that we are doing research in data integration in programming languages."
While Meijer presented a paper on Xen to attendees of the XML 2003 conference in Philadelphia in December, Microsoft has declined repeated requests to discuss the language.
XML Messaging Architect Don Box was one of the first to hint, back in December 2002, that Microsoft was working on an XML programming language. But when asked late last year about the status of X#, Box wouldn't say much.
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[link=http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,4248,1454549,00.asp]The full report[/link]
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