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Portable Class Libraries allow you to write code and produce libraries that can be shared across
multiple platforms including Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android and Windows Phone.
(https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/application_fundamentals/pcl/)
But now, Portable Class Library is replaced by .NET Standard:
.NET Standard is a formal specification of .NET APIs that are intended to be available on all .NET
runtimes (such as .NET Framework, Mono, and .NET Core). (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-
us/dotnet/standard/net-standard)
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