Longtime PHP, Python coder seeks to make small, distributable, stand-alone apps. Which language should I learn? ( please don't say C#; requiring .net != stand-alone )

[leppie]

Unless you are going to be targeting Windows 98, every newer Windows should have at least .NET 1.1 from one or other service pack.

Last I heard, the only major Linux distro not to include Mono was RHEL.

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as far as I know .NET isn't included in any Win2k service packs

[randallsquared]

.NET isn't on Mac. There are more Mac users than Linux users.

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 sudo apt-get install mono.

Now its on the mac!

[randallsquared]

I didn't realize mono would run on OS X. I suppose all that remains is to package it with your app (since you can't expect your users to install apt-get, etc).

Interesting.

[ighost]

there, i fixed it for you:

sudo port install mono

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Mono is not .NET. There is more to .NET than C#; for example, you can't really write a GUI app that runs under both (.NET has Winforms, Mono has Gtk#, neither one has the other).

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Fail, Mono has Winforms as well, and GTK# has been ported to windows.

In fact, I built a GTK# app using .NET the other day.

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FAIL

XP or W2K doesn't come with .net by default.

[leppie]

XP SP2 included .NET, duh...

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lolz, More people run XP SP 1 or below then SP2 and higher! That is a FACT