-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sendt: 14. marts 2002 14:26 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: .NET version of OpenSSL
>Let's see, you're saying that a true .NET component must (or is it >only "should"?) be written in C#, and at the same time you mention the >Common Language Runtime, which suggests that the language isn't really >that important (at least that's how I understand the words in that >name). So which is it, is there a CLR that means that components can >be built in any language or not. If I'm guessing correctly, it would >be possible to create a .NET DLL from C source, no? >I doubt, just as everyone else, that the C# language will have that >much of an impact, there just is waaaay too much written in C or C++ >that people will want to keep. >Also, trying to predict the death of anything non-M$ has been >attempted for the last xx years (I can recall about 11 such years), >and still the Unixly platforms exist today and are growing. Even >OpenVMS, which was pronounced dead by everyone not in the VMS >community about 5 years ago, still lives and goes on strongly in it's >sector. So please, don't even try to tell us the same bullshit that >has been fed down our throats for so long, you won't be more credible >than your predecessors (sp?). >Richard Levitte \ Spannv�gen 38, II \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Redakteur@Stacken \ S-168 35 BROMMA \ T: +46-8-26 52 47 I don't know much about .NET yet, but I'm pretty sure that old C/C++ code can still be compiled with Visual Studio 7 (.NET). It's correct that MS recommends (not requires) that new applications should be written i C#, but Visual Studio also comes with a VB .NET and a C++ .NET compiler. In C# .NET there are no pointers, no explicit memory allocation (like malloc) and therefore no explicit freeing of memory, so everything is managed by the .NET garbage collector. For an old C/C++ programmer like me, this is a terrible thought :-) When compiling using C++ .NET you are still allowed to write "pointer based" code like you normally would, but according to MS, the performance is better when code is written in C# and taking advantage of the garbage collector. Kim Hellan KMD / KMD-CA http://www.kmd-ca.dk Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
