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Jetfire vs CSharp

Jetfire vs CSharp Differences Overview¶

Jetfire's core syntax is identical to C#. Jetfire contains extensions to the .net C# language to simplify programming. To reduce the complexity of the programming model certain aspects of the .net C# language are not required in Jetfire.

Table of Contents [Hide/Show]    Jetfire vs CSharp Differences Overview    Jetfire Extensions    C Sharp features vs Jetfire       General       Methods       Constructors       Control       Intrinsic/Built-in Types       Operators          Primary          Unary          Multiplicative          Additive          Shift          Relational and type testing          Equality          Logical AND          Logical XOR          Logical OR          Conditional AND          Conditional OR          Conditional          Assignment    See Also

Jetfire Extensions¶

Jetfire has a number of first class constructs not in C#. Code examples can be found at the Jetfire CodePlex site.

C Sharp features vs Jetfire¶

The tables below compare C# with Jetfire.

General¶

General	C Sharp	Jetfire
Class construct	'class'	'workflow'
struct	yes	no
properties	yes	yes
methods	yes(see table)	yes (see table)
constructors	yes(see table)	yes (see table)
control statements	yes(see table)	yes (see table)
arithmetic operations	yes(see table)	yes (see table)
intrinsic types	yes	yes
static	yes	yes
private	yes	yes
public	yes	yes
dynamic access modifiers	no	yes
states	no	yes
access	no	yes
internal and protected	yes	yes
reflection	c# reflection	Jetfire easy reflection planned

Methods¶

Methods	C Sharp	Jetfire
'static' keyword	yes	yes
overloading	yes	yes
overriding	yes	under construction
'override' keyword	yes	planned
'virtual' keyword	yes	planned
'new' keyword	yes	planned
'base.x' construct	yes	planned
'this.x' construct	yes	yes
'out' construct	yes	yes
'ref' construct	yes	yes
'return' statement	yes	yes
'void' type	yes	yes

Constructors¶

Methods	C Sharp	Jetfire
'static' keyword	yes	yes
overloading	yes	yes
':this()' construct	yes	yes
':base()' construct	yes	yes

Control¶

Control	C Sharp	Jetfire
if, else	yes	yes
for	yes	yes
while	yes	yes
for-while	yes	planned
foreach	yes	yes
'lock'	yes	not required
'continue'	yes	yes
'break'	yes	yes
'throw'	yes	yes
'try-catch'	yes	planned

Intrinsic/Built-in Types¶

	C Sharp	Jetfire
byte	yes	yes
bool	yes	yes
char	yes	planned
decimal	yes	planned
enum	yes	yes
double	yes	yes
float	yes	planned
int	yes	yes
int16	yes	yes (short)
int32	yes	yes (int)
int64	yes	yes (long)
long	yes	yes
object	yes	under construction
sbyte	yes	yes
short	yes	yes
string	yes	yes
string: mulit-language	no	yes
uint	yes	yes
uint16	yes	yes (ushort)
uint32	yes	yes (uint)
uint64	yes	yes (ulong)
ulong	yes	yes
ushort	yes	yes
var	yes	yes (object)
true dynamic type	no	object

Operators¶

C# operators

Primary¶

	C Sharp	Jetfire
x.y dot	yes .	yes
f(x) order	yes	yes
x[index]	yes	yes
x++	yes	yes
x--	yes	yes
new	yes	yes
typeof	yes	planned
checked	yes	planned
unchecked	yes	planned
->	yes	yes - builtin

Unary¶

	C Sharp	Jetfire
+	yes	yes
'-' negation	yes	yes
'!' logical negation	yes	yes
'~'	yes	planned
'++x'	yes	planned
'--x'	yes	planned
'(T)x' cast	yes	not required
'true'	yes	yes
'false'	yes	yes
'&'	yes	yes
'sizeof'	yes	planned

Multiplicative¶

	C Sharp	Jetfire
'/' divide	yes	yes
'*' multiply	yes	yes
'%' remainder	yes	yes

Additive¶

	C Sharp	Jetfire
'+' add	yes	yes
'-' subtract	yes	yes

Shift¶

	C Sharp	Jetfire
<<	yes	planned
>>	yes	planned

Relational and type testing¶

	C Sharp	Jetfire
'<' less than	yes	yes
'>' greater than	yes	yes
'<=' less than or equal	yes	yes
'>=' greater than or equal	yes	yes
'is'	yes	planned
'as'	yes	planned

Equality¶

	C Sharp	Jetfire
==	yes	yes
!=	yes	yes

Logical AND¶

	C Sharp	Jetfire
&	yes	yes

Logical XOR¶

	C Sharp	Jetfire
'^'	yes	yes

Logical OR¶

	C Sharp	Jetfire
'|'	yes	yes

Conditional AND¶

	C Sharp	Jetfire
'&&'	yes	yes

Conditional OR ¶

	C Sharp	Jetfire
'||'	yes	yes

Conditional ¶

	C Sharp	Jetfire
'?:'	yes	planned

Assignment¶

	C Sharp	Jetfire
"="	yes	yes
"+="	yes	yes
"-="	yes	yes
"*="	yes	yes
"/="	yes	yes
"%="	yes	yes
"|="	yes	yes
"^="	yes	yes
"<<="	yes	planned
">>="	yes	planned
"??="	yes	planned

See Also¶

• Jetfire Overview
• First Class Constructs