&gt; I think folks using and learning .NET should have the same experience as with Go or Ruby.
&gt; Easy Compile and Run
&gt; Just &quot;dotnet run&quot; and it compiles AND executes<p>As someone who does not follow the .NET landscape that closely can anyone explain why this is a big deal ? Java has been able to do &#x27;javac Hello.java; java Hello&#x27; for as long as I can remember. If this was so important why are they getting around to it only now ?