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Probably because not everyone is learning to program on Windows.

• jiggy2011 14y ago
  You can use Mono to program C# on Linux or Mac.
  • spamizbad 14y ago
    Yeah, but chances are your Linux or Mac users will already have python installed via their OS. The biggest challenge for Windows users is remembering to go to python.org and not python.com to obtain their version.
    • eichin 14y ago
      And if you look at any of the udacity office-hours videos, when you see laptops, they're almost always Macs :-)
  • anthonyb 14y ago
    This is for people learning to program, remember? If they have to install Mono, that's just an extra hurdle, and doesn't get them any closer to their goal vs. just using Python.
    • jiggy2011 14y ago
      Either way your going to have to install something, either a python runtime or a mono/.net runtime. Plus your going to at least want to install a better text editor and probably set some environment variables. The installation process for all of these things shouldn't be a big hurdle since all you'd have to do is follow a set of steps that can be easily demonstrated.