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Mike Koder
Mike Koder

Reputation: 1928

Common term for .net and mono

I'm going to teach basics of C# programming and I would like to keep it framework agnostic. I'll be using terms like Common Language Runtime and Base Class Library, but I can't find a term that wraps those.

IMHO .net points to Microsoft and framework is too generic term. Is there any appropriate term to describe both .net and mono?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 139

Answers (4)

Grant Thomas
Grant Thomas

Reputation: 45068

Common Language Infrastructure (CLI)

The Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) is an open specification developed by Microsoft and standardized by ISO and ECMA that describes the executable code and runtime environment that form the core of the Microsoft .NET Framework and the free and open source implementations Mono and Portable.NET.

The CLI specification describes the following ... aspects:-

  • The Common Type System (CTS)

A set of data types and operations that are shared by all CTS-compliant programming languages.

  • Common Language Specification (CLS)

A set of base rules to which any language targeting the CLI should conform in order to interoperate with other CLS-compliant languages. The CLS rules define a subset of the Common Type System.

Upvotes: 1

Joey
Joey

Reputation: 354774

Maybe Common Language Infrastructure:

The Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) is an open specification developed by Microsoft and standardized by ISO and ECMA that describes the executable code and runtime environment that form the core of the Microsoft .NET Framework and the free and open source implementations Mono and Portable.NET. The specification defines an environment that allows multiple high-level languages to be used on different computer platforms without being rewritten for specific architectures.

Edit: On second thought, while this includes the runtime, the executable format and the type system, this says nothing about the BCL.

Upvotes: 3

Grofit
Grofit

Reputation: 18465

.net runtimes?

I can't really think of anything better as microsoft .net is the windows runtime for .net, mono is the cross platform implementation of the .net platform. You also have the compact framework and micro framework as well as the silverlight runtime.

Upvotes: 0

Connell
Connell

Reputation: 14421

I'd still call it the .NET framework. Mono is just an open source version of the .NET framework, as it says on their website.

Upvotes: 2

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