XPost: alt.folklore.computers
From: invalid@invalid.invalid

rbowman  writes:
> Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>> Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>> Does C# qualify as a Microsoft proprietary language? Or are there
>>> implementations on OSes other than Windows (and compilers, either open
>>> source or available from other vendors)?
>>
>> The only implementation I’m aware of is Microsoft’s one built on top
>> of Dotnet.
>>
>> Dotnet itself is supposedly open-source and portable to some degree
>> now.  There are reports of it running on Linux.
>
> It definitely runs on Linux and is easily installed with dnf or apt. GUIs
> have been problematic but console and ASP.NET workks fine.
>
> https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/apps/aspnet
>
> This isn't Ballmer's Microsoft.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_(software) originated as an
independent implementation of (some of) .Net and C#, but apparently now
has some MS code (.Net Core) in the runtime.

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