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wraith808:
Writing code in C# .NET means that the end users machine also needs to support the .NET Framework.  This also means that you can't really make .NET portable applications.

With the latest update introduced (still in preview mode) this restriction will disappear for x64 and ARM Windows Store applications. x86 and regular Windows Application support is on the charts. It still doesn't support advanced features such as WCF but is a good first step.

Applications compiled with .NET Native will have better performance as there is no JIT involved but will still have the advantages of GC.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2014/04/02/announcing-net-native-preview.aspx​

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/vstudio/dn642499.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn600165(v=vs.110).aspx​

Renegade:
It's about time. Mono has had a similar capability for a while now - package all required binaries with the distributable.

ewemoa:
This sounds promising!


Didn't know Mono had a similar capability!  Nice :Thmbsup:

Is it what's hinted at here?

Mono and applications that embed Mono can be deployed without an installer (you can "xcopy" deploy your application and the required Mono files without installing the .NET runtime).

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Stoic Joker:
My biggest objection to C#/.NET has always been the runtime shenanigans. So this to me is incredibly interesting, especially if the produced .exe is as small as the typical C# project output but still completely portably non runtime dependent.

40hz:
It's about time. Mono has had a similar capability for a while now - package all required binaries with the distributable.
-Renegade (May 06, 2014, 03:55 PM)
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Mono exists purely at the pleasure of the Gnomes of Redmond.

If ever there was a FOSS project ripe for being hit and taken down by a massive IP legal assault, it's Mono.

So much so that most Linux developers avoid it, fearing that Microsoft's current inaction indicates it's pursuing a Trojan Horse legal strategy with Mono.



"This is too sweet Bill!

Let's let them incorporate Mono into as much as possible
and have dozens of key user apps depend on it to work.
Once Mono is fully entrenched in the Linux ecosystem -
then we'll lower the boom!

These FOSSers won't know what hit them! "

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