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Okay, first of all you must understand that C# as a language cannot exist by itself (unless you want to write your own compiler). The C# compiler targets the Common Language Runtime (CLR), part of the .NET Framework, just like VB.NET, MC++, J#, Perl.NET, and MANY others. You have to download and install the .NET Framework, which is a 20+ MB install. You can't do squat without it (just like you can't build an application using C# and deploy it to a computer without the .NET Framework installed. This is a framework, just like Java uses a Java Virtual Machine. Without, it doesn't work. C/C++ also requires a runtime, just as VB6 and older does.

You can download the free runtime (includes compilers) from http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework[^]. You can also download the SDK from this link, which includes additional utilities and the SDK documentation, which you really should read. You'll also find some helpful articles to get an overview of .NET from the link. Definitely do the reading and don't fumble around blind. Understanding how .NET works and where C# fits in, as well as having some idea of what is provided in the base class library is important in development.

 

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