return to the Ecma Standards

Note: The following is an excerpt from the official ECMA description. It is provided here as a convenience and is not authoritative. Refer to the original document as the authoritative reference.

This specification describes the form and establishes the interpretation of programs written in the C# programming language. It describes:

• The representation of C# programs;
• The syntax and constraints of the C# language;
• The semantic rules for interpreting C# programs;
• The restrictions and limits imposed by a conforming implementation of C#.

This specification does not describe:

• The mechanism by which C# programs are transformed for use by a data-processing system;
• The mechanism by which C# applications are invoked for use by a data-processing system;
• The mechanism by which input data are transformed for use by a C# application;
• The mechanism by which output data are transformed after being produced by a C# application;
• The size or complexity of a program and its data that will exceed the capacity of any specific data-processing system or the capacity of a particular processor;

All minimal requirements of a data-processing system that is capable of supporting a conforming implementation.