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C#, CLI Accepted by ECMA

Posted by michael on from the moving-target dept.

SlipJig writes "Apparently ECMA has approved standardization of both C# (Microsoft's new programming language) and the CLI (Common Language Infrastructure). While I'm sure this won't entice the die-hard anti-MS folks, I suppose it's a good thing. Here's the article on CNet."

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  1. Re:What good is it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    The licensing control is over Microsoft's implementation. Mono is under no such restrictions.

    And the CLR is also documented; Mono's C# compiler compiles to CLR that runs fine on Microsoft's runtime.