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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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