What are the correct version numbers for C#?

Question

What are the correct version numbers for C#? What came out when? Why can't I find any answers about C# 3.5?

This question is primarily to aid those who are searching for an answer using an incorrect version number, e.g. C# 3.5. The hope is that anyone failing to find an answer with the wrong version number will find this question and then search again with the right version number.

Answer 1

This is the same as most answers here, but tabularized for ease, and it has Visual Studio and .NET versions for completeness.

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║ C# version ║ VS version ║ .NET version ║ CLR version ║ Release date ║
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║    1.0     ║    2002    ║    1.0       ║     1.0     ║   Feb 2002   ║
║    1.2     ║    2003    ║    1.1       ║     1.1     ║   Apr 2003   ║
║    2.0     ║    2005    ║    2.0       ║     2.0     ║   Nov 2005   ║
║            ║            ║    3.0       ║     2.0     ║   Nov 2006   ║
║    3.0     ║    2008    ║    3.5       ║     2.0     ║   Nov 2007   ║
║    4.0     ║    2010    ║    4.0       ║     4       ║   Apr 2010   ║
║    5.0     ║    2012    ║    4.5       ║     4       ║   Aug 2012   ║
║    5.0     ║    2013    ║    4.5.1     ║     4       ║   Oct 2013   ║
║            ║            ║    4.5.2     ║     4       ║   May 2014   ║
║    6.0     ║    2015    ║    4.6       ║     4       ║   Jul 2015   ║
║            ║            ║    4.6.1     ║     4       ║   Nov 2015   ║
║            ║            ║    4.6.2     ║     4       ║   Aug 2016   ║
║    7.0     ║    2017    ║              ║             ║   Mar 2017   ║
║            ║            ║    4.7       ║     4       ║   May 2017   ║
║    7.1     ║ 2017(v15.3)║              ║             ║   Aug 2017   ║
║            ║            ║    4.7.1     ║     4       ║   Oct 2017   ║
║    7.2     ║ 2017(v15.5)║              ║             ║   Dec 2017   ║
║            ║            ║    4.7.2     ║     4       ║   Apr 2018   ║
║    7.3     ║ 2017(v15.7)║              ║             ║   May 2018   ║
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Note: .NET development is pretty much independent of VS these days, there is no correlation between versions of each. Refer to ".NET Framework versions and dependencies" for more.

Answer 2

• C# 1.0 with Visual Studio.NET

• C# 2.0 with Visual Studio 2005

• C# 3.0 with Visual Studio 2008

• C# 4.0 with Visual Studio 2010

• C# 5.0 with Visual Studio 2012

• C# 6.0 with Visual Studio 2015

• C# 7.0 with Visual Studio 2017

Answer 3

I've summarised most of the versions in this table. The only ones missing should be ASP.NET Core versions. I've also added different versions of ASP.NET MVC.

Note that ASP.NET 5 has been rebranded as ASP.NET Core 1.0 and ASP.NET MVC 6 has been rebranded as ASP.NET Core MVC 1.0.0. I believe this change occurred sometime around Jan 2016.

I have included the release date of ASP.NET 5 RC1 in the table, but I've yet to include ASP.NET core 1.0 and other core versions, because I couldn't find the exact release dates. You can read more about the release dates regarding ASP.NET Core here: When is ASP.NET Core 1.0 (ASP.NET 5 / vNext) scheduled for release?

Answer 4

C# Version History:

C# is a simple and powerful object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft.

C# has evolved much since its first release in 2002. C# was introduced with .NET Framework 1.0.

The following table lists important features introduced in each version of C#.

And the latest version of C# is available in C# Versions.

Answer 5

You can check the latest C# versions here

Answer 6

VERSION_____LANGUAGE SPECIFICATION______MICROSOFT COMPILER

C# 1.0/1.2____December 2001^?/2003^?___________January 2002^?

C# 2.0_______September 2005________________November 2005^?

C# 3.0_______May 2006_____________________November 2006^?

C# 4.0_______March 2009 (draft)______________April 2010^?

C# 5.0; released with .NET 4.5 in August 2012

C# 6.0; released with .NET 4.6 2015

C# 7.0; released with .NET 4.7 2017