Ask HN: What's a good cross platform alternative to C#?

Re:Ask HN: What's a good cross platform alternative to C#? by bdfh42 on Friday August 16, 2013 @06:13AM (#6223123)

People often describe C# as "Java done right" - so Java? Certainly cross platform.

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Re:Ask HN: What's a good cross platform alternative to C#? by larswinback on Friday August 16, 2013 @06:14AM (#6223128)

The problem here is "done right". Java is certainly not as polished as C# in a lot of senses.

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Re:Ask HN: What's a good cross platform alternative to C#? by bdfh42 on Friday August 16, 2013 @06:39AM (#6223189)

True but everything is there if you dig deep enough.

You say you are looking for an alternative to C# and with Linux support - why is that - what are you looking for in addition to what C# has to offer on that platform?

[Edit]Comment indentation limits stop me replying to the reply below so. OK, you can't run visual Studio on Linux but you can code in C# against the .NET framework. Have you looked at the Mono project?

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Re:Ask HN: What's a good cross platform alternative to C#? by larswinback on Friday August 16, 2013 @07:32AM (#6223327)

I have looked at it, yes. But it seems like it's not very well integrated with Linux. On Linux I usually prefer to use a text editor for editing code. So I would prefer a language which suits being edited in one.

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Re:Ask HN: What's a good cross platform alternative to C#? by larswinback on Friday August 16, 2013 @06:42AM (#6223193)

What I'm really looking for is a language suited for gamedev. And I've found C# with Visual Studio fits that very well. Unfortunately I mostly use Linux.

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