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It could be the best language and framework in the world, but it's not worth the vendor lock-in.

I agree, C# is a better language than Java, but that doesn't mean I'm going to use it. There's more to choosing a language than the language itself. The environment is at least as important.




Was going to say the same thing.

I wonder if there's any chance of MS ever porting CLR to the *nixes...


Instead of porting the whole CLR environment, I'd prefer just the C# syntax on the JVM, e.g.:

http://code.google.com/p/stab-language/


Hey, this is awesome.

How did you found out about it?

I can't find a mailing list. Do you know of some way of contacting the author?


At one point in time, they did release a version of the CLR that could be built on OS X and FreeBSD: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_Source_Common_Language_I...


Even if they do, I (and many others) still wouldn't use it then, because Microsoft has already abused their position in the past. I know I won't contribute to their success.




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