is dotnet a - Virtual Machine - like Java ?

[tmb]

1 - Is Microsoft dotnet a Virtual Machine... like the Java Virtual
Machine... that will run on any operating system?

2 - If so, does Microsoft give away the dotnet development system like Sun
does the Java Developmet system?

I was considering learning Java for my next project and someone suggested
dotnet instead.

3 - Can someone give me the pro's & con's of each?

thanks - tmb

[Niki Estner]

"Andy Fish" <aj****@blueyon der.co.uk> wrote in
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As for the thing about the ability of the platforms to support different
languages, I don't really see that it's a big deal. all the "different" ..net languages are just different syntax for expressing the same thing. maybe we will someday get different programming paradigms for these VMs in which case there will be a real choice of language to suit the application, but at the moment choosing the .net language is just like choosing the color of your
car.

Ever heard of Perl, Hugs.net, Fortran.net, Eiffel or maybe managed C++?
Of course all these languages are "eqivalent" in the sense that they are all
turing-complete, but it's certainly more than "choosing the color of your
car" - more like choosing between a car, a ship or a bicycle...

Have a look at:
http://www.activestate.com/Products/PerlASPX
http://www.eiffel.com/
http://www.lahey.com/
http://galois.com/~sof/hugs98.net/
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/TSG/SMLNET/
(found using google in 5 minutes...)

The last two are probably not intended for real-world use as they are
research projects, but that's probably true for most functional languages.

Niki

[Daniel O'Connell [C# MVP]]

"Benjamin Disraeli" <ni********@cen tury.fox> wrote in message
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Scott M. wrote:

.Net will never become mainstream on any platforms other than windows. Java

is already mainstream on many platforms

Never say never.

mono is the fastest growing dev platform on Linux.

it's c# compiler rivals and exceeds that of Microsoft.

HA! have you ever used it? its error messages are crap and it emits bad code
and executables sometimes. Its only perhaps decent, certainly not terrific.

.Net will take off but I think MS must be disappointed at how slow the
uptake has been

"Will take off"....I'd say has taken off. I know of many large
corporations that were using .NET for production applications on Beta 2
of
.NET.

Java has been effectively neutralized. Because of its proprietary nature,
it can never cover as many platforms as c#/.NET/mono

Mono/c# and gtk# are languages of choice right now for Linux developers.

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w:4

[Niki Estner]

Sorry, I forgot this one:

http://bluesorcerer.net/esoteric/ook.html

Face it: there are MANY MANY MANY different programming languages out there
for the .net environment.

Niki

"Niki Estner" <ni*********@cu be.net> wrote in
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"Andy Fish" <aj****@blueyon der.co.uk> wrote in
news:UM******** *************@n ews-text.cableinet. net...

...
As for the thing about the ability of the platforms to support different
languages, I don't really see that it's a big deal. all the "different" .net

languages are just different syntax for expressing the same thing. maybe

we

will someday get different programming paradigms for these VMs in which

case

there will be a real choice of language to suit the application, but at

the

moment choosing the .net language is just like choosing the color of your car.

Ever heard of Perl, Hugs.net, Fortran.net, Eiffel or maybe managed C++?
Of course all these languages are "eqivalent" in the sense that they are

all turing-complete, but it's certainly more than "choosing the color of your
car" - more like choosing between a car, a ship or a bicycle...

Have a look at:
http://www.activestate.com/Products/PerlASPX
http://www.eiffel.com/
http://www.lahey.com/
http://galois.com/~sof/hugs98.net/
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/TSG/SMLNET/
(found using google in 5 minutes...)

The last two are probably not intended for real-world use as they are
research projects, but that's probably true for most functional languages.

Niki