On Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:26:25 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > Right now, I have around me two laptops running Windows XP, two running > Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit, and two running Ubuntu 32-bit. (Surprisingly > balanced.) With a very few exceptions, code that I write in IDLE on one > box will run perfectly on any of the others. That won't happen in a > language that requires a Microsoft framework, because it's simply not in > their interests to ship for Linux (let alone OS/2, which I have at > home). I do like me some true portability.
Mono is free, open source software that is compatible with .NET and is available on Linux, Mac OS, Solaris, Unix and even that little-known operating system "Windows". *wink* http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page And some FUD-busting: http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/03/13/squashing-a-few-myths-about-mono-development/ -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
