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To clarify, a "self contained" application includes the .NET Core runtime itself (coreclr.dll, System.Private.CorLib.dll, etc). It is also possible to ship just
by MarkSweep 8y ago
To clarify, a "self contained" application includes the .NET Core runtime itself (coreclr.dll, System.Private.CorLib.dll, etc). It is also possible to ship just the application and depend on the version of .NET Core installed.
Thinking about this a bit more, you could do something similar to what Paint.NET does AOT compile at install time. crossgen.exe is only ~2.5MB, so it would not cost much to ship with the application.