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Are .NET Core and Mono converging? I would have thought that they'd remain separate while both implementing .NET Standard, and becoming interchangeable as .NET

Are .NET Core and Mono converging? I would have thought that they'd remain separate while both implementing .NET Standard, and becoming interchangeable as .NET Standard implementations.

Nelkins 8y ago
At least some convergence is happening: https://www.mono-project.com/news/2016/11/29/mono-code-sharing/ https://www.mono-project.com/news/2016/11/29/mono-code-shari... And here's a more recent update: https://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/releases/5.0.0/#corefx--reference-source-adoption https://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/releases/5.0.0/...
- WorldMaker 8y ago
  Also, this article on .NET Standard 2.1 mentions that for new features to be considered for future .NET Standard APIs they expect them to be MIT-compatibly licensed in at least one .NET Standard implementation with option for the other implementations to just use it outright, which indicates convergence as a policy goal.
martinald 8y ago
I think Microsoft is missing a trick by at least making some of MVC5 target .NET standard. It would make it a lot easier to port apps over. Moving from asp.net to asp.net core is a big pain in the arse.
- rpeden 8y ago
  It seems like the kind of thing that should be possible - after all, Mono has had System.Web for a long time, and can run both MVC and Web Forms apps. I don't know anyone who has actually done so in production, though. But although it's possible, I imagine there are lots of reasons why MS, or certain teams at MS, don't want it to happen. We'll see, though. I didn't expect them to make the decision to add WPF and WinForms support to .NET Core, but they did.