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  Parlez-vous Python? What about Rails or JavaScript?

It seems interesting to me that Rails (rather than Ruby) is often listed as a language in popular publications. I guess the framework is more highly promoted than the language it's written in. Are there any other examples of cases like this in popular or "near-geek" culture?

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While not a framework per se, .NET is often termed a "language."

.NET isn't a framework?

Seems like ".NET" encompasses more than just a framework, but there is definitely something called "The .NET Framework." [1][2]

[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_Framework

[2]http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=17851

.NET is a framework. Most devs and knowledgeable people refer to it as such. There are a number of languages such as VB.NET, C#, F# which are supported by the framework.

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