The point I was making is that what was once called .NET Core is now just .NET, after the merge with what was once called .NET framework. However, I think the name .NET is annoying to read and type, and it's ambiguous in a similar manner to Go, so I say Dotnet and Golang. Dotnet is literally just .net with the dot spelled out. It's not really a separate name.
> The point I was making is that what was once called .NET Core is now just .NET
Right, IMO it's important to use these official correct labels when correcting someone.
"Dotnet" looks like an unintentional Autocomplete error. The executable and repo names use "dotnet" since using ".NET" or previously ".NET Core" would be awkward and unconventional.
I'm assuming "Golang" is used because "Go" is a generic ungoogleable word, any language without this issue e.g. Python, Java, Kotlin wouldn't need to make such concessions.
I love C# but this kind of Microsoft naming nonsense drives me up the wall. I'm sure it's negatively impacted mindshare since people can easily be mistaken as to what they're referring to.
Sure, it's not like .NET is Googleable either though. I thought the fact that Microsoft uses the term Dotnet (obviously, only when necessary) was good enough.
Mono is not dead. It's used in a bunch of commercial software for one thing, including Unity and Godot.
> If it's not it's an extremely niche thing of people who want to write desktop apps for linux in C#, a tiny slice of the market.
Can you think of why, other than marketshare, that I might mention Linux C# desktop apps in a thread about C# on Linux?