Microsoft Research looks to extend C#
MS-Watch | at | by Mike
'Xen' programming language unites C#, XML and SQL programming languages. There are a few pieces of information on Xen floating around the Web. Some characterize Xen as "the hypothetical extension of C#." Others describe Xen as an amalgamation of Microsoft's Common Language Runtime (CLR), XML and SQL programming language.
While Microsoft will be updating C# later this year as part of its overall "Whidbey" Visual Studio update, it doesn't appear that any elements of Xen will be part of the new tool suite. Microsoft has said that the Whidbey Visual Studio release will be delivered before the end of calendar 2004.