.NET

[Ossu Chang]

I have tried to keep my questions limited to VB an C++, because that is what
the forum stated you wanted to talk about. However, since I have seen you
mention .NET in several responces I think I will ask another question.

It is my belief that that internet will not completely replace creating applications
that run locally on desktops. I hope that MS, Borland, etc. understand this
as well. A lot of people are going to be pretty upset when they cant run
there word proc or other software because they are not online.

With that said.. I have ready several articles about .NET, and in the words
of Forest Gump, "I am not a smart man, but I still don't know what the ****
.NET is all about?"

Can you give a breif summary...

[Jonathan Morrison]

Ossu,
I couldn't agree with you more. I think that the desktop is not going away
anytime soon, and I too think that companies need to keep that in mind when
they are developing new tools and products. The good news is that .NET is
more about language neutrality and XML than it is about anything else. You
see, .NET is essentially just a runtime platform (a virtual machine if you
will) that reads MIL (Microsoft Intermediate Language) and converts it to
native code. Yes this is very similar (if not exactly) the way that JAVA
works.
So in short, I think that although the desktop has taken a backseat to the
.NET hype right now - reality will set in the first time someone tries to
use MS Excel over the web! :0)

Keep the faith Ossu!

-Jonathan



"Ossu Chang" <ossu@netzero.net> wrote:
>
>I have tried to keep my questions limited to VB an C++, because that is
what
>the forum stated you wanted to talk about. However, since I have seen you
>mention .NET in several responces I think I will ask another question.
>
>It is my belief that that internet will not completely replace creating
applications
>that run locally on desktops. I hope that MS, Borland, etc. understand this
>as well. A lot of people are going to be pretty upset when they cant run
>there word proc or other software because they are not online.
>
>With that said.. I have ready several articles about .NET, and in the words
>of Forest Gump, "I am not a smart man, but I still don't know what the ****
>.NET is all about?"
>
>Can you give a breif summary...

[Ossu Chang]

So after years and years of screaming about interpreted languages - it is
now the HOT thing! UNBELIEVABLE...

"Jonathan Morrison" <jonathanm@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>Ossu,
>I couldn't agree with you more. I think that the desktop is not going away
>anytime soon, and I too think that companies need to keep that in mind when
>they are developing new tools and products. The good news is that .NET is
>more about language neutrality and XML than it is about anything else. You
>see, .NET is essentially just a runtime platform (a virtual machine if you
>will) that reads MIL (Microsoft Intermediate Language) and converts it to
>native code. Yes this is very similar (if not exactly) the way that JAVA
>works.
>So in short, I think that although the desktop has taken a backseat to the
>.NET hype right now - reality will set in the first time someone tries to
>use MS Excel over the web! :0)
>
>Keep the faith Ossu!
>
>-Jonathan
>
>
>
>"Ossu Chang" <ossu@netzero.net> wrote:
>>
>>I have tried to keep my questions limited to VB an C++, because that is
>what
>>the forum stated you wanted to talk about. However, since I have seen you
>>mention .NET in several responces I think I will ask another question.
>>
>>It is my belief that that internet will not completely replace creating
>applications
>>that run locally on desktops. I hope that MS, Borland, etc. understand
this
>>as well. A lot of people are going to be pretty upset when they cant run
>>there word proc or other software because they are not online.
>>
>>With that said.. I have ready several articles about .NET, and in the words
>>of Forest Gump, "I am not a smart man, but I still don't know what the
****
>>.NET is all about?"
>>
>>Can you give a breif summary...
>

[Michael Brown]

I can tell you why it took time for people to accept interpreted languages.
Here is a simple example. Directly from the POVBench website at
http://www.haveland.com/index.htm?povbench/index.htm
"When I started benchmarking POVRay, it took hours to render an image, now
we can do it in seconds. It's astonishing just how far we have progressed
since those early days. Now we don't even have time to make a cuppa while
the image is rendering!"

To put it simply interpreted by necessity implies slower/less efficient.
An interpreted language might not be able to access all of the functions
that a system provides (especially the low-level functions that might be
quicker). VB, and Java are prime examples (with VB having more access to
lowerlevel functionality than Java because of the fact that Java has to maintain
"platform independence"). The performance hit caused by using an interpreted
language is a coefficient based on the speed of the computer. Since more
powerful computers are now available to more people, the drawbacks of using
an interpreted language (loss of speed) are dwarfed by the benefits (ease
of use).

"Ossu Chang" <ossu@netzero.net> wrote:
>
>So after years and years of screaming about interpreted languages - it is
>now the HOT thing! UNBELIEVABLE...
>
>"Jonathan Morrison" <jonathanm@mindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>>Ossu,
>>I couldn't agree with you more. I think that the desktop is not going away
>>anytime soon, and I too think that companies need to keep that in mind
when
>>they are developing new tools and products. The good news is that .NET
is
>>more about language neutrality and XML than it is about anything else.
You
>>see, .NET is essentially just a runtime platform (a virtual machine if
you
>>will) that reads MIL (Microsoft Intermediate Language) and converts it
to
>>native code. Yes this is very similar (if not exactly) the way that JAVA
>>works.
>>So in short, I think that although the desktop has taken a backseat to
the
>>.NET hype right now - reality will set in the first time someone tries
to
>>use MS Excel over the web! :0)
>>
>>Keep the faith Ossu!
>>
>>-Jonathan
>>
>>
>>
>>"Ossu Chang" <ossu@netzero.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>I have tried to keep my questions limited to VB an C++, because that is
>>what
>>>the forum stated you wanted to talk about. However, since I have seen
you
>>>mention .NET in several responces I think I will ask another question.
>>>
>>>It is my belief that that internet will not completely replace creating
>>applications
>>>that run locally on desktops. I hope that MS, Borland, etc. understand
>this
>>>as well. A lot of people are going to be pretty upset when they cant run
>>>there word proc or other software because they are not online.
>>>
>>>With that said.. I have ready several articles about .NET, and in the
words
>>>of Forest Gump, "I am not a smart man, but I still don't know what the
>****
>>>.NET is all about?"
>>>
>>>Can you give a breif summary...
>>
>