C# and other platforms

[Max]

I have read something about C# (Elden Nelson write that and I think that he
is chief editor in Microsoft for C#) and he said:
-"C# belongs to the world. Anybody can (and probably will) port the language
to any platform, opening the door to developing C# for Macs, Linux, Web browsers,
Palm OS—you name it."-
So conclude that I can write programs (using C# ofcourse) for Linux, Macs....
Am I right?

Thanks

[Jay Glynn]

Not yet. When the CLR (Common Language Runtime) is ported to these other
platforms, then you will be able to.

"Max" <dmitic@tigar.com> wrote in message news:39c615b2$1@news.devx.com...
>
> I have read something about C# (Elden Nelson write that and I think that
he
> is chief editor in Microsoft for C#) and he said:
> -"C# belongs to the world. Anybody can (and probably will) port the
language
> to any platform, opening the door to developing C# for Macs, Linux, Web
browsers,
> Palm OS-you name it."-
> So conclude that I can write programs (using C# ofcourse) for Linux,
Macs....
> Am I right?
>
> Thanks
>
>

[Chris Kinsman]

Not entirely true. Microsofts C# implementation uses the CLR but not all C#
implementations will require it. What is needed is a compiler for the
platform in question.

"Jay Glynn" <jay_glynn@agla.com> wrote in message
news:39c621da@news.devx.com...
> Not yet. When the CLR (Common Language Runtime) is ported to these other
> platforms, then you will be able to.
>
> "Max" <dmitic@tigar.com> wrote in message news:39c615b2$1@news.devx.com...
> >
> > I have read something about C# (Elden Nelson write that and I think that
> he
> > is chief editor in Microsoft for C#) and he said:
> > -"C# belongs to the world. Anybody can (and probably will) port the
> language
> > to any platform, opening the door to developing C# for Macs, Linux, Web
> browsers,
> > Palm OS-you name it."-
> > So conclude that I can write programs (using C# ofcourse) for Linux,
> Macs....
> > Am I right?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
>
>

[Jay Glynn]

OK, so what about file IO, reflection, writing to the console, printing etc
etc etc. These are all handled by the CLR. Some type of class library system
will need to be implemented on the target platform. You can call it what you
want, but it will be a form of the CLR.

"Chris Kinsman" <ckinsman@devx.com> wrote in message
news:39ca27bc@news.devx.com...
> Not entirely true. Microsofts C# implementation uses the CLR but not all
C#
> implementations will require it. What is needed is a compiler for the
> platform in question.
>
> "Jay Glynn" <jay_glynn@agla.com> wrote in message
> news:39c621da@news.devx.com...
> > Not yet. When the CLR (Common Language Runtime) is ported to these other
> > platforms, then you will be able to.
> >
> > "Max" <dmitic@tigar.com> wrote in message
news:39c615b2$1@news.devx.com...
> > >
> > > I have read something about C# (Elden Nelson write that and I think
that
> > he
> > > is chief editor in Microsoft for C#) and he said:
> > > -"C# belongs to the world. Anybody can (and probably will) port the
> > language
> > > to any platform, opening the door to developing C# for Macs, Linux,
Web
> > browsers,
> > > Palm OS-you name it."-
> > > So conclude that I can write programs (using C# ofcourse) for Linux,
> > Macs....
> > > Am I right?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>