On Sun, 15 Sep 2013 18:56:32 +0200 "deadalnix" <deadal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday, 15 September 2013 at 16:41:43 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote: > > I would say the selling points would mainly be: > > > > - system level programming features outside what unsafe blocks > > allow for in C# > > - meta-programming abilities > > - more friendly ways to manage memory manually > > > > - slices ! > > > All capabilities related to low level coding. > > Yea, pretty much those things, although metaprogramming is much more than being a "low level tool", it's very much about productivity. I might also add "no need for mono on non-MS platforms", just because my understanding is that mono's not as mature/complete and doesn't get as much attention or end-user installations as .NET. But I could be wrong though: I've haven't actually used mono except once in a failed attempt to run a specific VB.NET-based app on Linux a couple years ago.