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by coldpie 4268 days ago
> This code should work as is using Mono.

Sure, this one does, but nearly any .NET program with a GUI won't. It's very frustrating to run into useful programs that I can't run, and most often applications that fit that description are written in a .NET language.

> But the complaint was weird in the first place?

Yeah, true. There's nothing hard about reading C#, just running it.
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darklajid 4268 days ago
You make it sound as if there were no portable (or 'non-windows') C# applications. Stuff I care about:

http://banshee.fm/

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Tomboy

http://f-spot.org/

http://keepass.info/

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coldpie 4267 days ago
At least in the game-hacking-with-a-GUI space, there very nearly aren't any.
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boomlinde 4267 days ago
Wow, you're really narrowing this down now. OK, there aren't many tools in the portable C# game-hacking-with-a-GUI space. Why is that such a great issue, and why is it relevant to this article?
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coldpie 4266 days ago
It's just annoying, as someone who likes to dabble in that space. There's a lot of good, interesting work done and it's frustrating that it's done using a proprietary technology I can't use when there are tons of other options.

This article is about game hacking using C# and never addressed the issue of portability, because game hackers who use C# never think about portability. That was my point.

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boomlinde 4265 days ago
Maybe it doesn't address the "issue" of portability because it in fact is a portable program. Maybe it doesn't address portability because it's an article about reverse engineering a game. Maybe it doesn't address portability because the code is meant to illustrate his process rather than for others to port it. I still don't see how your criticism is relevant at all.
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