Is there C# look-alike for Linux?

Question

Is there C# look-alike for Linux? What about a compiler?

Answer 1

You could actually use C# with Mono.

Answer 2

If you don't want to use Mono (which is a good idea IMO), I think Java may be your closest alternative.

Answer 3

Look-alike? I am assuming you mean a similar language? You could always just use C# with Mono, a multi-platform port of the .Net framework

Answer 4

You could always use Boo DSL on Mono to construct a C# clone. But then again it would probably be easier to use C# directly on Mono itself I guess ;)

Answer 5

Mono is the way to go in this case.

Answer 6

I found that going from Java to C# was very easy. Maybe you could try working with Java? Of course you'd have to learn a whole new set of libraries, so there's a learning curve, but the languages felt pretty similar as I recall (it's been a while)

Answer 7

There is another language called Vala. It's not well known, but as you can see from the page, an interesting amount of projects have been produced already.