No offense, but how many times did you used 'virtual (VM)' and 'Java' in that text?
I never saw the full picture in front of my eyes until now. I think is time for Microsoft to write a REAL operating system instead of tossing other virtual layers, virtual machines and virtual stuffs in top of the existing one, and then tell us (to programmers) that all we did was wrong and we have to re-do all our code! I think Microsoft gave us since Windows 3 their swill operating system and now they admit that was so bad that it must be replaced. "But do not worry guys (programmers) we have something new for you: we put a little bit of virtual sugar with coffee flavor in top of the old swill and everything will be as new, for few years until we change it again. All you have to do is to rewrite all your code." ---------------------------------------------------------- Paule Ecimovic wrote: > Hi, Francois and all > > To amplify your point more explicitly, .NET is a software architecture, > which includes a Common Language Runtime environment and an intermediate > language into which various languages can be compiled just like the JVM is a > virtual machine, which is a program that accepts java byte codes and > converts them into locally-executable code and which currently runs in host > operating systems with host-system-specific run-time libraries and > environment layers. Whereas JavaOS is an effort to build an operating > system/environment to replace the host operating system/environment to host > a JVM and provide the complete software for a runtime environment for > executing programs written for the JVM in Java or any other JVM-language, > Prolog, Pascal, Forth, Java, Eiffel, a version of Matlab, and maybe some day > Delphi. However, that in no way makes a JVM a replacement for the host > operating system as a whole, nor does it make .NET an operating system per > se. You said it well, "running atop Windows." > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Francois Piette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Borland's Delphi Discussion List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 4:12 PM > Subject: Re: It will .Net eat other languages? > > > >>> Is time for me to drop Delphi and start learning that .Net stuff? >>> >> You can write .net application using Delphi today ! >> You don't need to abandon Delphi to write .NET applications. Just continue >> to use Delphi ! >> >> btw: Reading your post, I think you are confusing .net with a language (C# >> ?). But .net is /not/ a language. It is mostly and operating system >> curently >> running on top of Windows. That OS support many languages, including C#, >> C++, VB and... Delphi ! >> >> >>> Will be the whole MS Windows a .Net stuff or this 'miracle' will fade in >>> time as other Microsoft 'revolutionary' technology did (remember OLE, >>> COM, >>> >> ActiveX...)? >> >> OLE, COM and ActiveX are still there today and heavily used and will for >> sure be use for years. >> Dotnet will /not/ fade away anytime soon, IMO. >> >> -- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Author of ICS (Internet Component Suite, freeware) >> Author of MidWare (Multi-tier framework, freeware) >> http://www.overbyte.be >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] >> http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
