Re: [Dev-C++] A few notes re: C#

Ioqnnis,

> The summary is, a lot of people will learn it to make .NET applications,
> but we did not need it. It's here to lock in programmers to the windows
> platform and to lure Java coders.

Sorry, but I do not totally agree with you.

Yes, people will learn it in order to make .NET applications, but the whole
point of .NET is that they don't have to learn a new language. What is at
the very heart of .NET is that you can use any language which will produce
the intermediate code that the .NET runtime understands, and there are
several compilers of various languages which do so and promises of more
every day.

Certainly Microsoft wishes to make its operating system more appealing to
programmers of every ilk because it will eventually enhance the MS bottom
line. Frankly I do not begrudge Microsoft making money off of it if .NET
both makes applications more portable, and makes it possible to more easily
combine components from different languages into a finished product.

Regards,

Bob Wilson