** Reply to message from Darren New <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:10:09 -0700
> You'd have a rough time doing COBOL in > the JVM also, while the CLR has the data types you need for that too. It > looks like even Ada has been ported to .NET. IBM had VisualAge for Cobol which, if it was like their VisualAge for Smalltalk and VisualAge for Java, ran on IBM's universal VM(UVM). So while the standard Sun JVM might be tough to do it with, IBM had already done this with their UVM. > > And you don't get to complain that .NET is Windows-only, since you're > talking about using the runtime (which already works fine open-source) > rather than specific libraries you need to interface to the OS. :-) Just because it is running does not mean Microsoft will not threaten their patented IP is in it and want you to stop using it, pay them millions, or just use Windows instead of your favorite other OS. Do you know for a fact that the mono CLR is completely free of Microsoft patented stuff? -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
