> >Peter is correct. A few links (you can see my name in the first one): > > http://www.ecma.ch/ecma1/MEMENTO/TC39-G3.HTM > http://www.ecma.ch/ecma1/NEWS/NEWS.HTM > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2002/02/04/mono.html > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23919.html > http://www.ximian.com/devzone/projects/mono.html > http://www.gnu.org/projects/dotgnu/ > http://www.halcyonsoft.com/news/javadotnet.asp >
I was aware of this. I saw your mugshots and bios remember ;-) http://www.microsoft.com/partner/products/microsoftnet/SharedSourceCsharpCLIFAQ.asp > >For those who don't know me and might perceive this as an endorsement, I >have worn Microsoft shirts to JavaOne (just ask Pat Sueltz), and NetScape >shirts to the Microsoft PDC (just ask Dick Hardt or the MS VP in charge of >Hailstorm who's name escapes me at the moment). > ME TOO!! (well not JavaOne but other smaller more affordable events) >Note: there are some people who view open source implementations of .Net as >controversial as, say, open source implementations of popular MS file >formats, for pretty much the same reasons. > *shrug* I have no objection to an open source impl. of .NET. Hell if C# turns out to be a decent language and ACTUALLY ran WELL on other platforms I'd have not objection to it. I'm convinced POI can crack open all of the major Office file formats and do so workably. If I wasn't I'd not be involved in it. I'm simply not convinced that you'll be able to make C# more than it is (a proprietary answer to Java). Moreover, POI is an intellectual excercise. We're implementing a convoluted binary structure purely in a language with convoluted IO APIs. What could be more intellectually challenging than that? >For my part, I have no interest in "sticking it to Sun". Or to Microsoft >for that matter. I simply want to see more of us working together. That's >why I integrated PHP and Java. That's why I created Gump. That's why I >participate in these standards. > To be clear. What I meant was, C# on WINDOWS -- <strong>heck</strong> no. I don't want to use windows. So far to be honest C# has failed to impress me. From what I've read, if I were to devote my time to another language, it would probably be adding a bytecode compiler and runtime environment to "D" http://www.digitalmars.com/d/ Bottom line: Port C# to Linux and then I'll at least look at it. Until then C# is on my "heck no" list. (Sorry) >- Sam Ruby > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
