Brian,
.Net is not language agnostic. It has a certain framework that you can plug
into and so forth, but to do that you have to give up certain features if
they don't exist cross language (eg closures).
see:
http://209.157.64.200/focus/news/643440/posts
(One runtime to bind them all)
Jim
"Brian E Dick" <bdick_at_cox.net> wrote in message
news:Js8Q9.98031$pe.3633539_at_news2.east.cox.net...
> .Net is language agnostic. It just so happens the Microsoft provides VB,
C#,
> J# and C++ compilers to support it. Third party developers have created 20
> other language compilers for .Net. Check it out at
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/partners/language/default.asp.
>
> BTW, I don't have any association with Microsoft. Except, I fork over a
tidy
> sum to them every year and in return I make a living by knowing how to use
> their products.
>
> "Jim Kennedy" <kennedy-down_with_spammers_at_attbi.com> wrote in message
> news:tU7Q9.567037$NH2.38533_at_sccrnsc01...
> > Depends upon your definition of Object Oriented. The marketing guys
will
> of
> > course say .net is fully 00. I don't think the Smalltalk people
> would.(for
> > example)
> > Jim
> > "Brian E Dick" <bdick_at_cox.net> wrote in message
> > news:eB6Q9.97261$pe.3599801_at_news2.east.cox.net...
> > >
> > > "Paul Brewer" <paul_at_paul.brewers.org.uk> wrote in message
> > > news:3e10b0a2$1_2_at_mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com...
> > > > "Niall Litchfield" <niall.litchfield_at_dial.pipex.com> wrote in
message
> > > > news:3e109b66$0$232$cc9e4d1f_at_news.dial.pipex.com...
> > > > > "Paul Brewer" <paul_at_paul.brewers.org.uk> wrote in message
> > > > > news:3e0f4fc2_3_at_mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com...
> > > > > > I remember a quote from Bill Gates many years ago in repsonse to
a
> > > > > criticism
> > > > > > of Visual Basic:
> > > > > > "You want people to *declare variables*, for heaven's sake?"
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Yes, please.
> > > > >
> > > > > Things are looking up, in .net you need to specify a datatype as
> well!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Niall Litchfield
> > > > > Oracle DBA
> > > > > Audit Commission UK
> > > > > *****************************************
> > > > > Please include version and platform
> > > > > and SQL where applicable
> > > > > It makes life easier and increases the
> > > > > likelihood of a good answer
> > > > > ******************************************
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > Wot no variants? I might even look at it, then ;-)
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Paul
> > >
> > > .NET is fully OO. A Variant is now an Object.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Mon Dec 30 2002 - 22:32:25 CST
