By news@appleinsider.com (Chip Loder) The .NET framework allows cross-platform development on Windows and Mac, and Microsoft released version 8 for both in November. Here’s what that means to developers.In the late 1990s, Microsoft began work on a new framework, languages, and runtime support for desktop and web development called .NET (pronounced “dot-net”). The new languages included C# (a derivative of C), F#, and the inclusion of a new version of Microsoft’s Visual Basic called Visual Basic.NET or simply “VB.NET”.Microsoft announced the official release of C# at its developer conference in 2000. …

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