Why does the PlatformID Enum contain Unix and MacOSX if .NET does not support these platforms?
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Why does the PlatformID Enum contain Unix and MacOSX if .NET does not support these platforms?
The .NET framework is a specification, as are the various .NET languages. While Microsoft only provides implementations of these specifications for Windows, there are other teams (Mono being the chief and most notable example) who provide alternate implementations for Linux, MacOS, and Windows.