C# VS .NET 版本对应关系

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║ C# version ║ VS version ║ .NET version ║ CLR version ║ Release date ║
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║    1.0     ║    2002    ║    1.0       ║     1.0     ║   Feb 2002   ║
║    1.2     ║    2003    ║    1.1       ║     1.1     ║   Apr 2003   ║
║    2.0     ║    2005    ║    2.0       ║     2.0     ║   Nov 2005   ║
║            ║            ║    3.0       ║     2.0     ║   Nov 2006   ║
║    3.0     ║    2008    ║    3.5       ║     2.0     ║   Nov 2007   ║
║    4.0     ║    2010    ║    4.0       ║     4       ║   Apr 2010   ║
║    5.0     ║    2012    ║    4.5       ║     4       ║   Aug 2012   ║
║    5.0     ║    2013    ║    4.5.1     ║     4       ║   Oct 2013   ║
║            ║            ║    4.5.2     ║     4       ║   May 2014   ║
║    6.0     ║    2015    ║    4.6       ║     4       ║   Jul 2015   ║
║            ║            ║    4.6.1     ║     4       ║   Nov 2015   ║
║            ║            ║    4.6.2     ║     4       ║   Aug 2016   ║
║    7.0     ║    2017    ║              ║             ║   Mar 2017   ║
║            ║            ║    4.7       ║     4       ║   May 2017   ║
║    7.1     ║ 2017(v15.3)║              ║             ║   Aug 2017   ║
║            ║            ║    4.7.1     ║     4       ║   Oct 2017   ║
║    7.2     ║ 2017(v15.5)║              ║             ║   Dec 2017   ║
║            ║            ║    4.7.2     ║     4       ║   Apr 2018   ║
║    7.3     ║ 2017(v15.7)║              ║             ║   May 2018   ║
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• C# 1.0 released with .NET 1.0 and VS2002 (January 2002)
• C# 1.2 (bizarrely enough); released with .NET 1.1 and VS2003 (April 2003). First version to call Dispose on IEnumerators which implemented IDisposable. A few other small features.
• C# 2.0 released with .NET 2.0 and VS2005 (November 2005). Major new features: generics, anonymous methods, nullable types, iterator blocks
• C# 3.0 released with .NET 3.5 and VS2008 (November 2007). Major new features: lambda expressions, extension methods, expression trees, anonymous types, implicit typing (var), query expressions
• C# 4.0 released with .NET 4 and VS2010 (April 2010). Major new features: late binding (dynamic), delegate and interface generic variance, more COM support, named arguments, tuple data type and optional parameters
• C# 5.0 released with .NET 4.5 and VS2012 (August 2012). Major features: async programming, caller info attributes. Breaking change: loop variable closure.
• C# 6.0 released with .NET 4.6 and VS2015 (July 2015). Implemented by Roslyn. Features: initializers for automatically implemented properties, using directives to import static members, exception filters, element initializers, await in catch and finally, extension Add methods in collection initializers.
• C# 7.0 released with .NET 4.7 and VS2017 (March 2017) Major new features: tuples, ref locals and ref return, pattern matching (including pattern-based switch statements), inline outparameter declarations, local functions, binary literals, digit separators, and arbitrary async returns.
• C# 7.1 released with VS2017 v15.3 (August 2017) New features: async main, tuple member name inference, default expression, pattern matching with generics.
• C# 7.2 released with VS2017 v15.5 (November 2017) New features: private protected access modifier, Span<T>, aka interior pointer, aka stackonly struct, everything else.
• C# 7.3 released with VS2017 v15.7 (May 2018). New features: enum, delegate and unmanagedgeneric type constraints. ref reassignment. Unsafe improvements: stackalloc initialization, unpinned indexed fixed buffers, custom fixed statements. Improved overloading resolution. Expression variables in initializers and queries. == and != defined for tuples. Auto-properties' backing fields can now be targeted by attributes.
• C# 8.0 currently in preview. Expected new features: Non-nullable reference-types, IAsyncEnumerable<T> support, Ranges, and default interface methods.