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A silly question, my google-fu is failing me, I know that the csc.exe is the command line compiler, but I am curious what the letters csc are an acronym of?

Paul Spencer
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    *C Sharp Compiler*, I'd guess? – Lynn Oct 18 '15 at 18:53
  • "I know that the csc.exe is the command line compiler" - command line compiler *of what*, you think? After all, there are dozens of command line compilers for different languages, there is no such thing as globally *the* command line compiler. – O. R. Mapper Oct 18 '15 at 18:56

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It seems sort of reasonable to assume that it stands for C Sharp Compiler: you can't put # in a filename (and it looks odd in an acronym anyway) so csc is the closest possible thing.

A quick Google search tells me this book agrees with me.

Lynn
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  • and that would explain why there is a vbc.exe - vb compiler - in the same directory. I'm glad i preempted the question with "A silly question" – Paul Spencer Oct 19 '15 at 20:25