[GordonS]

I guess you know this, but what I really meant was AOT for any dotnet apps - not specifically for UWP or whatever sandboxed, designed for touchscreen thing Microsoft is trying to push.

What many have been waiting for is the ability to AOT for both Windows and Linux.

I recall Mono had something like this around 10 years back, but it was a bit flakey. Not sure if that still exists in some form.

[pjmlp]

Mono keeps it around given that is how Xamarin iOS works, and also available as option for Xamarin Android (by default it uses JIT).