I think mathematical operators are better than keywords, i.e., "a + b" instead of "a add b" or "add a, b" but sometimes keywords are better IMO.

Xander314 wrote:
Now I primarily use Linux, is it still worth learning C# using something like Mono?

Definitely; Mono is great. There's a few parts of .NET it still doesn't support but you can easily find substitutes for them.

I just got "mono-complete" from Aptitude. It's only 67MB. I seem to recall that offline .NET installers were way bigger than that. Have I downloaded the wrong thing?

You may have only downloaded the libraries or only downloaded the runtime, although the suffix "complete" implies that you would have both. I think the libraries are in a package named mono-dev or something, try installing that.

No package by that name, but there is one called "libmono-dev". It was, however, installed so I guess I'll just assume I have it and see what happens. Maybe when I installed "libomono-complete" I had already installed some parts of it and forgotten about it.

Anyway, thanks for the advice everyone - chrisname and ultifinitus especially. Now I've just got to try and learn C# and D while also reading an introductory AI textbook, going to school and doing my masters... Never any time :/ Oh, well at least I have a two week half term <3