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I would imagine AOT, CoreRT, and Roslyn have a lot to do with this. .net isn't just an IL VM anymore, more people are going the route of native binaries now, which means you really want a tool like IDA pro.

i understand that, however why wasn't .NET compiled in native bins instead of MSIL, if im correct .NET Framework 5 still compils under MSIL, so i am quite confused to why stop such a project.

I also would think that people that have become familliar with the framework wants to work with something else, using a different framework or learn a entirely different language. I would say people using .net framework just come & go after a few years. I personally didn't/don't get bored of the framework just because i find REing stuff fun.

.net framework 5 doesn't exist, and it never will, .net framework is at EOL in favor of .net 5 (which is AOT compilation unless you tell it otherwise).

my bad, im meant .NET 5. why can't .net framework have an AOT compilation method instead of EOL