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Created by MoscaCareca on 3/13/2025 in #help
C# 5+ compiler
Hey! I was trying to compile a little program using csc myfile.cs. It didn't compile because I have some language features that are only available in more recent versions and as mentioned by the csc command: 
csc myfile.cs
Microsoft (R) Visual C# Compiler version 4.8.9232.0
for C# 5
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

This compiler is provided as part of the Microsoft (R) .NET Framework, but only supports language versions up to C# 5, which is no longer the latest version. For compilers that support newer versions of the C# programming language, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=533240
csc myfile.cs
Microsoft (R) Visual C# Compiler version 4.8.9232.0
for C# 5
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

This compiler is provided as part of the Microsoft (R) .NET Framework, but only supports language versions up to C# 5, which is no longer the latest version. For compilers that support newer versions of the C# programming language, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=533240
I've looked at the provided link and the only think I can find is the latest .NET 6.0.1 SDK on the releases page, which I assume is not what I need. Can someone help me out? I'm quite new to C#. Ideally, I don't want to make a project just to run a program, because I'm attempting to compile the C# files programmatically, which is why the csc command was pretty handy! 🙂
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