Java vs C#: which one is going to be the dominant language in the future?

Question

I'm a Java programmer and I'm quite good in it. I've also heard that C# has become a very useful and effective language these days. I haven't had worked with .Net framework though and I don't have any perspective about it in my mind. Could anybody let me know what is the trend in next years? I mean which one (Java or C#) is going to be more popular and why?
Do you think I should start learning C# as well?

Thanks

Answer 1

C# is going to be !

Java is going to be dead soon !

and yes its easy to learn it and i suggest learning it !



always have fun with programming ! and good luck

Answer 2

Some advantages which java has are

Cross Platform

GUI tool kits are better than C# (SWT & QT)

.net/C# is closely linked Windows platform so :( for other platforms

There are a lot of libraries

Excellent IDE's Eclipse, Netbeans



C# is so closely linked to Java, you can easily go from one language to another.



So I put my thumbs up to JAVA



If you want to learn any other programming languages then go with Python, I heard great things about this easy programing language

Answer 3

They do pretty much the same thing and they look essentially the same, why choose at all? Personally I just love developing in C# because there are so many libraries and forums out there. Copy, paste, done!

Answer 4

Both are cool and have their own pluses . It would be good if u learned .Net programming ..

Answer 5

No doubt C# is gonna rock the CS world soon. Coz it provides the complete object oriented paradigm.