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pjmlp 3 hours ago

Which has been fixed on .NET 5 and later.

.NET Framework should only be used for legacy applications.

Unfortunately there are still many around that depend on .NET Framework.

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foepys 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Since .NET 10 still doesn't support Type Libraries quite a few new Windows projects must be written in .NET Framework.

Microsoft sadly doesn't prioritize this so this might still be the case for a couple of years.

One thing I credit MS for is that they make it very easy to use modern C# features in .NET Framework. You can easily write new Framework assemblies with a lot of C# 14 features. You can also add a few interfaces and get most of it working (although not optimized by the CLR, e.g. Span). For an example see this project: https://www.nuget.org/packages/PolySharp/

It's also easy to target multiple framework with the same code, so you can write libraries that work in .NET programs and .NET Framework programs.

	▲	pjmlp 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Most likely never will, because WinRT is the future and WinRT has replaced type libraries with .NET metadata. At least from MS point of view. The current solution is to use the CLI tools just like C++. However have you looked into ComWrappers introduced in .NET 8, with later improvements? I still see VB 6 and Delphi as the best development experience for COM, in .NET it wasn't never that great, there are full books about doing COM in .NET.

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croes 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

.Net Framework 4.8 has a longer life cycle as the current .NET version

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8cvor6j844qw_d6 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

When I first worked with dot NET I was confused with the naming and version numbers.

	▲	ozim an hour ago \| parent [-]
		This argument against .NET annoys me. Because that’s pretty much any freaking thing - oh Python, oh PHP, oh driving a fork lift, oh driving a car. Once you invest time in using and learning it is non issue. I do get pissed off when I want to use some Python lib bit it just doesn’t work out of the box, but there is nothing that works out the box without investing some time. Just like a car get a teenager into a car he will drive into first tree. Posting BS on Facebook shouldn’t be benchmark for how easy things should be.

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pjmlp 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It does, but current versions can be shipped with the application.

Thus this should be less of a problem.

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sippeangelo 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

.NET Framework 5 or .NET Core 5?

	▲	afdbcreid 44 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		There is no .NET Framework 5. .NET Core 5 is just .NET 5.