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0 pointsNetMageSCW7mo ago0 comments

That’s not generally true for .Net, though the use of third party libraries could create an issue in some cases.

.Net was designed deliberately so that multiple versions could be installed side by side and an executable would pick the version most likely to work based on target version and compatibility. In most cases .Net is also forward compatible so e.g. a .Net 3 app continues to work on a PC where only .Net 4.8 is installed. In addition, libraries could be part of the application installation and in modern .Net, the framework can be part of the application installation.

In most cases, everything will just work, and when it doesn’t, one can just install the older .Net version needed and nothing will be broken.

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pastage7mo ago

What I mean with "no experience" is that I have never fixed issues with them myself. The amount of hours we were billed internally for fixing a broken .Net app tells me it was not that easy though.

My point is that if you do not know your platform things get complicated, either for yourself or for people that take over after you. For me personally python does not mark it self as extra hard to handle.

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pastage7mo ago

What I mean with "no experience" is that I have never fixed issues with them myself. The amount of hours we were billed internally for fixing a broken .Net app tells me it was not that easy though.

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