>The word is in the help docs that describe C#. Typically, MS puts out reviewer guides for products. The descriptions that the press uses typically come from these guides. Hence, the words used to describe MS products are not the product of original thoughts...

Here's a post from teh middle of 2000 by a VFPer calling the langauge elegant. Message #402543 I have a theory that the MS marketers lurk on the UT and stole the description from here. Therefore, the word used to describe C# is an orginal thought. Lol.