C# appreciation thread

How many of you guys prefer coding in C#? I feel that C# is the best language for quickly coding programs for windows, and with managed directx there's tons of awesome stuff you can do. I just started my computer-education this autumn, and we're being forced to make stuff in java. Java and C# are pretty much identical, only C# has more functionality (WHY doesn't java have properties? X| ), has the infitely superior development environment ('cause remembering the syntax of your programming language is SO last paradigm), and, in my experience, runs a good deal faster than java.

>>1
Who's stupid enough to want intermediate code/virtual machine ("managed code") when it's not really cross-platform? That's a retarded idea aimed to trick Java fans in. If you're writing Windows applications, compile them for real, because you can, and it's better.

>>3
Yeah, that's not saying much, is it? :)