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.NET CLI Now Runs On Mac OS X

Posted by pudge on from the yes-for-mac-os-x-too dept.

Oink.NET writes "A new tarball of Microsoft's Shared Source Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) is available for download. It builds and runs on Windows XP, FreeBSD, and Mac OS X 10.2. New in this release is Mac OS X support and class reference documentation. More details are available."

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  1. Re:.Net will be everywhere by selderrr · · Score: 3, Insightful

    true, but by dropping the IL, you're not retaining much of the advantage of C# over C++

    The argument MS was pushing was 'one binary, mulitple languages'. Without IL, you're never getting there.

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  2. SWEET! by mary_will_grow · · Score: 4, Insightful

    YES YES YES YES YES! .NET IS HERE!! I am so psyched.
    Its a breath of fresh air. I want to do all of my development on a platform created solely by a for-profit company who's interests do not extend past their own wallets!

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  3. CLI is a joke by anarkhos · · Score: 5, Insightful

    CLI makes it sound like it can support any language. However in order to use the C# API you have to use a C# compatible language.

    It's like saying the ELF ABI can support any language.

    And what can we expect from this common API? I don't expect much. It can't be any worse than the Java API (somebody please kill that abomination) but I still don't expect to be able to author applications which behave like Mac applications. For example it is impossible for a 100% Java app to behave like a Mac app.

    If only Apple could reform Cocoa so it would have a genuinely platform independent file object then port the API to Windows. Java and .NET would be wannabes.

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