Re: What is .NET?

From: [at]} <Werner>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 18:42:51 +0100

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> > Speaking as a luddite, what the heck is .NET anyway?
>
> I can't answer that but note that from the microsoft web site we find
>
> ".NET technology enables the creation and use of XML-based applications,
> processes, and websites"

Ok, as ever with M$ products the website only gives marketing slang.

To make it short:
It is mainly an intermediate language like the Java-Byte-Code,
but it has been designed with the goal to support multiple Source Languages
and provide binary compatibility between those languages.

As mentioned earlier John Goughs GPCP-Compiler supports .NET.
And he has a relativly short paper which describes differences and commonalities
between Java and .NET

http://www.citi.qut.edu.au/research/plas/projects/cp_files/virtual_machines.pdf

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