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> I have tried to get a more complete answer myself. It's very
> difficult to find a neutral book which provides an overview
> for technically sophisticated people who don't (yet) want or
> need to wade through masses of horrible C# code. I have found
> a couple of books that look as though they're worth further
> consideration, but for now I can't find my references - when
> I do I'll post them. One of the authors claims that nobody at
> Microsoft knows what .Net is either. That probably means it's
> more froth than coffee.
>
A book I would recommend for the developer's view of .NET is
'Programming in the .NET Environment' by Damien Watkins, Mark Hammond
and Brad Abrams. ISBN 0-201-77018-0. Although it does use C# examples
there is substantially more text than code. Also it has eight Appendices
which look at .NET from the perspective of different languages, two of
which are about Oberon: 'Component Pascal on the CLR' by John Gough and
'Active Oberon for .NET. A Case Study in Language Model Mapping' by Jurg
Gutknecht.
Chris Burrows
CFB Software
http://www.cfbsoftware.com
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