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[dead] buildfocus
Great to see C# still steadily moving forwards. Fantastic language, really only hampered by arbitrary limitations of the platform, and the knock-on effects of that (like the painful lack of ecosystem). I'm hoping it really starts to come into it's own in the next few years. At the very least, it could easily be an enterprise option that's actually both powerful and enjoyable.

Once upon a time, I remember C# vs Java being a meaningful comparison, but Oracle's total standstill has completely put an end to that (although I'm not actually sure who's fault that is - do Oracle deserve the blame for this?)

marisma
This has already been submitted to HN recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12735260

Using the search tool is not that difficult

valarauca1
Serious question. What search tool?
mrsteveman1
There isn't one on the site itself, but people frequently use this https://hn.algolia.com/
socrates666
Hahah there is though, at the bottom. Take note Hacker News Web Devs. The word we're looking for is "discoverability."
marisma
This little box with a "Search" label which is sitting at the bottom of the page.
merb
wow I've never seen this before. o:
fnl
Given how often this happens, maybe existing links should at least trigger a warning to the submitter?
VOYD
what? you mean like Reddit? ;)
detaro
Reading the rules and noticing that some reposts are allowed isn't either.

(But yes, in general people should check for other submissions before submitting something, it would reduce the noise in /new a lot and help giving content that is less mass-appealing a better chance to be noticed. Also, if you feel to much "crap" ends up on the front page, go check /new and help upvote better submissions)

valarauca1
The use case is advertised as allowing you to port code to new devices. But the github repo says it only supports Ubuntu, OSX, and Windows. Lastly C++ isn't generally considered a portable language.

Frankly the idea of porting a C# runtime to a new platform sounds more exciting then debugging 10,000SLoC of machine generated C++ to a new arch.

charlesdm
If they only use a limited subset of C++, it is a pretty portable language. If they use all bells and whistles the language has to offer, then it will be a nightmare.
RantyDave
Why the limited subset? I know that STL and embedded aren't the best of friends but where else is there a problem? Is it the threading stuff?
charlesdm
Embedded devices usually can't compile the entire C++ language, because of limited hardware and/or compiler tools.