How .NET Evolved from Framework to Core to a Unified Platform
The article traces the history of .NET, which Microsoft launched in 2002 with a Common Language Runtime that handled memory management and exception handling. The runtime was designed to host multiple languages, including C#, which became the flagship language. Visual Basic was also brought into the platform, though VB.NET was substantially redesigned from its predecessor and migrating older applications proved harder than expected. F# was later added as a functional-first language that still interoperates with C# and other .NET languages on the same underlying framework.
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