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There are thousands of Apple and Android C# apps (see Xamarin).
by optimiz3 10y ago
There are thousands of Apple and Android C# apps (see Xamarin).
- coldtea 10y agoWhich, 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...
- comex 10y ago> 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.