The .NET Platform
Before we dive into a more detailed structure of the platform and the surrounding ecosystem, let’s point out the key features and advantages of the .NET platform as a whole:
• Object-oriented programming: Recognized to be the current paradigm of choice to master complexity, the platform was built around the concepts of object-oriented programming (OO). The core of languages like C# are based on the OO principles, and the OO paradigm is used as the glue that makes language interoperability possible.
• Support for multiple languages: Although COM supported multiple languages (most notably C++ and Visual Basic) in order to talk together, its cross-language capabilities were limited to implementing interfaces. In .NET, true interoperability ...
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