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by runT1ME 4400 days ago
I'm not sure if .NET has a bad rap at all, rather I believe the onus is on the .NET developer to show it was a better choice than the alternatives that are more mature and flexible from a licensing standpoint.

I consult as a software engineer on various projects, frequently C# and Scala. C# is a fine language, and Monodevelop is continuing to improve, but I don't see any advantage over choosing a more 'open' language with a much more mature runtime (JVM) and an overall more advanced language (Scala).
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frowaway001 4400 days ago
I kind of agree.

Another thing to mention is the community/culture of .NET developers. I want to be able to ask "ok, I need to debug/change/fix this, where is the source?" without getting weird looks.

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