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Out of the major operating systems, Windows is probably by far my favorite to develop for[1] using Rust. windows-rs[2] is officially supported and is constantly being worked on and improved.

[1]: https://github.com/LGUG2Z/komorebi

[2]: https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs

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This makes me wonder what .NET would look like if developed in Rust instead of C#

Honestly, I am someone who knows nothing about the .NET / Windows ecosystem outside of the Win32 calls required to build out a tiling window manager and a hotkey daemon. These are mostly calls that go all the way back to Windows 95 (and maybe even earlier?)

However, if I as an absolute Windows programming newbie with basic competency in Rust could pick up windows-rs and build a tiling window manager, I'm sure that people who are intimately familiar with the .NET and Windows development ecosystem could develop incredible things targeting Windows with Rust.

the .Net environment strongly depends on the runtime-ability of all .Net Languages - its feel like AOT (ahead-of-time/finaly compiled) but its not, so Rust woulnd fit good

It does now, yes.

This is a hypothetical that only looks at what .NET but in Rust would look like, ecosystem aside

Like working with dotnet from f#?

Not quite the same guarantees.

Rust#

Rust-sharp? That's tetanus.

Fun fact I didn't learn until adulthood: rust itself doesn't carry tetanus. What does is dirt. A rusty nail can pierce through clothing and skin because it is a nail, and can be assumed to have been in the dirt because it is rusty. It's "only" a useful approximation.

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