c#vs c++/java

Question

I am a retired person and persuing programming languages as a hobby. So I keep learrning C, C++, Visual Basic, Java, HTML etc.
2. I am interested to find out the following.
(a) I have installed Visual Studio 6 Professional. Can I install C# software without uninstalling the existing software ??
(b) Am I right in presuming (as a layman) that c#  appears  to  be a combination of C++ and Java. In other words, what can c# do what Java cannot.  Please don,t be too technical when answering this particular query. You may treat this query as a pure curiosity.

Answer 1

C# and Java are general purpose programming languages with which you can write most types of applications.

However, C# has more features than Java and it can therefore be easier to write some types of application using the former.

Wikipedia has a useful comparison between the two:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_C_Sharp_and_Java

Answer 2

1) Visual studio 6.0 good enough to learn c++ and visual basic.
2) To use c# you should install the advanced visual studio that came after visual studio 6.0 release
3) You are right. C# is the combination of Java & C++ [Borrowed good stuffs from both]. But c++ has its own advantages. Lot system side programmers like c++
4) You can have both visual studio 6.0 and later version in the same machine.

Note: To use c# install either one of the below
1) Visual Studio 2003
2) Visual Studio 2005
3) Visual Studio 2008
Or the Visual studio versions released later