>>Windows Forms in .NET are inspired by Visual J++ 6.0 and its WFC (Windows Foundation Classes). <
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>I didn't know that. Do you know if J++ was one of the initial planned languages for .NET, or was it added at a later time (after VB, C++, and C#).
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>Mel Cummings

I don't know but "Anders [Hejlsberg] was the architect for Visual J++ and the Windows Foundation Classes.".
"Subsequently [to Visual J++], Hejlsberg was chief designer of C# and a key participant in the creation of the .NET framework"

see: http://www.artima.com/intv/choices.html

I believe the problems with J++/J# come from the Java lawsuit between Sun and Microsoft.