Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up
by optimiz3 on Sunday March 05, 2017 @04:12PM
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There are thousands of Apple and Android C# apps (see Xamarin).
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Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up
by coldtea on Sunday March 05, 2017 @05:53PM
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Which, again, is besides the point. The parent was mocking the idea that just because a language doesn't support a platform it can be called a "toy language".
C# that he mentioned wouldn't be toy languages even if there were 0 Apple and Android C# apps. It would just be a totally professional Windows language with no Android/iOS support.
C# was professional even when it only supported Windows (and partially FreeBSD), before Mono came along...
Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up
by comex on Sunday March 05, 2017 @06:07PM
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> C# was professional even when it only supported Windows (and partially FreeBSD), before Mono came along...
As well as the decade-plus when Mono existed but wasn't owned by Microsoft, making cross-platform support merely incidental or even a negative from Microsoft's perspective.