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I will agree and disagree... a lot of things around the edges really do change between versions of .Net .. while C# is pretty progressive, the .Net framework does have some rough edges if you're either inexperienced, or have tended to hold on to a version for too long and now need to jump ahead a version or two.

The evolution of .Net Core (now just .Net 5) has been interesting and at times very painful.

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The evolution of .Net standard, core, and framework has been mind boggling and difficult.

I’ve lost track, and I don’t even know how to keep tabs on this any more.

Too much information.

I envy the greenfield developers who can start with .Net Core or .Net 5.

For those that care, Framework is the old original .NET for Windows; Core is the new multiplatform .NET; Standard was an, ahem, standard, for writing code that would work under both Framework and Core.

Since the release of .NET 5 "unifies" Framework & Core (for some value of n), there is no longer a need for Framework, Core, nor a unifying Standard.

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