❔ dotnet vs C#
I'm using dotnet and C# for 5 years now, I have worked on many projects. but still have that one questions, and I fell newbie when I ask that in any place but I have never found any reasonable answer to that.
I have used python, java, C++, C, javascript, php. all of those languages can be used without any framework. Like for java, we can use that alone, or we can use that in springboot or other frameworks. but for C#, I have never seen that we can use C# without .NET. it seems like it is tied to .NET, and we can't use that outside .NET umbrella.
For example, I want to use a cli app with C#, and compile directly C# without involving dotnet. Can I do so? why Base libraries are in dotnet, does this means we can't use C# without dotnet.
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You can use c# without dotnet kinda, you can use mono as a runtime if you want
Idk why you'd want to do that now adays but you can
Idk what ur Java point is, you need the jvm to run java code just like you need dotnet for c#
Java and c# have basically identical compilation and execution models*
base libraries are in dotnetNo they aren't, BCL is written in c# and compiled to IL It can be used from any runtime that can execute IL
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This probably clears up many of your questions
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