[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>well I haven't done VB since the early 90's so maybe it's changed? ;) >in any case, I read that VB dot net is a different language with the >name-ish name. > >(I think the word is 'orthogonal', according to Dido here). My classmates who attended the launching of Windows XP RC1 and the introductory seminar of .Net last August said that VB.Net would be the cornerstone of ASP, making it "truly" web-based and able. They also said that the upcoming utilities included in VS.Net produce a common compiled code - which they called "byte-code" (similar to Java's terminology). Too bad it would only work on the Microsoft- supported platforms (though Microsoft claimed it's considering to make them run in FreeBSD, but I don't care...). There are people in the mailing list who also attended the seminar (I didn't) so they can say more about Visual Studio.Net and Microsoft's .Net initiative (which is a clone of Sun ONE - that started way too long ago when they released Java). Maybe VS.Net is indeed orthogonal to what VB was or is. Paolo Falcone __________________________________ www.edsamail.com _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
