XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   rbowman  writes:   
   > Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >> Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   >>> Does C# qualify as a Microsoft proprietary language? Or are there   
   >>> implementations on OSes other than Windows (and compilers, either open   
   >>> source or available from other vendors)?   
   >>   
   >> The only implementation I’m aware of is Microsoft’s one built on top   
   >> of Dotnet.   
   >>   
   >> Dotnet itself is supposedly open-source and portable to some degree   
   >> now.  There are reports of it running on Linux.   
   >   
   > It definitely runs on Linux and is easily installed with dnf or apt. GUIs   
   > have been problematic but console and ASP.NET workks fine.   
   >   
   > https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/apps/aspnet   
   >   
   > This isn't Ballmer's Microsoft.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_(software) originated as an   
   independent implementation of (some of) .Net and C#, but apparently now   
   has some MS code (.Net Core) in the runtime.   
      
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