Okay, that makes sense to me. Each of the products has its own version, and so does the IDE, separately. You just don't automatically know any of this, until someone takes the time to set you straight. :)

Thanks Craig,

Cecil

Cecil,

Just to help you're .NET learning curve a bit (and hopefully not confuse you)

The change was not made in VS2010, but rather in C# 4.0. The IDE is VS is actually a separate product from C#. In fact, you don't even need VS to develop in C# as the language and the compilers (VB also) ship with the .NET Framework that you can get for free. You can download the Framework and use any text editor to write C# code.

With VFP, every version of the language came with a new version of the IDE. They were tightly coupled. That's not the case with .NET. Versions of the Framework are not tied to specific version of the languages or the IDE and in fact, any of them can release a new version without a new version of the other.

So, with the current release you have:
C# 3.0
VB 9.0
.NET Framework 3.5
VS2008 (version 9.0)

With 2010 you get:
C# 4.0
VB 10.0
.NET Framework 4 (Note it isn't 4.0)
VS2010 (version 10)