Silverlight comes to mind, Also the fever dream that was '.NET micro'. I might still have my NetDuino somewhere...
> the main target audience of C#/.NET has always been LOB CRUD app shops.
I do think this has changed over time. There's definitely been improvements to the overall ecosystem from game developers (Cysharp being the most prolific) via both libraries and feedback around the BCL/JIT/etc.
Silverlight comes to mind, Also the fever dream that was '.NET micro'. I might still have my NetDuino somewhere...
> the main target audience of C#/.NET has always been LOB CRUD app shops.
I do think this has changed over time. There's definitely been improvements to the overall ecosystem from game developers (Cysharp being the most prolific) via both libraries and feedback around the BCL/JIT/etc.