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Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up by coldtea on Sunday March 05, 2017 @05:53PM (#13799358)
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...

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Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up by comex on Sunday March 05, 2017 @06:07PM (#13799428)
> 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.

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