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Secrets of .NET and best 80s movies

In this edition of the .NET Fiddle Newsletter, we will check out the new C# 9.0 features in .NET 5.

This newsletter was brought to you by the best “Star Wars” movie of all time ‘Spaceballs (1987 )’.

Ok fine, maybe Episode 5 is a little better, but not by much.

.NET 5 in search for 4

Microsoft launched .NET 5.0 at .NET Conf in early Nov 2020. So what happened to .NET 4.0 you say? I will reveal it in the next section, but first, check out the fiddle demonstrating new .NET 5 / C# 9.0 features:

https://dotnetfiddle.net/6QxSt6

And last but not least, you don’t need to use the Main() wrapper for simple console apps:

https://dotnetfiddle.net/brtwX5

Kinda slim pickings, but still, they are trying.

What really happened to .NET 4

After .NET Core 3, MS made it clear that there will only be only one .NET framework going forward.

This new framework is not called .NET 4 because it would be too similar to .NET Framework 4 in name, which has been around for quite a few years now. I guess it kinda makes sense. MS just really knows how to name things…

For ex:

XBox One -> XBox One S -> XBox One X -> XBox Series S -> XBox Series X

And .NET Core vs .NET Standard vs .NET Framework vs ... can be “easily” explained by this chart:

With .NET 5, luckily there can be only one framework.

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Did you know that:

Bill Pullman, the actor—who had not yet had a starring role—was approached by Mel Brooks only after Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks turned down the role of Lone Starr.

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