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		rattray on Aug 26, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybod... Yes, version 5 of the .NET platform (incl C# and F#) runs on Linux and MacOS, and people choose those languages over other languages because of their independent benefits (ie; C# has advantages over Java, and F# has advantages over Haskell/OCaml/etc). I have not used them myself. Bit of an aside, but TypeScript was invented at MSFT, and they still maintain it – why would it not count? (Other than not being a consumer product).

yarky on Aug 26, 2021 [–]

> but TypeScript was invented at MSFT

Sure, but JavaScript was already there, so I don't look at it as a MSFT idea event though I agree it's technically a msft product.

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