Re: Confused about which way to go

From: Hrvoje Brozovic (a.b_at_c.de)
Date: 11/18/03 

Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 09:50:17 +0100

"Kirk Halgren" <khalgren@sti.nasa.gov> wrote in message >
> So do I assume correctly that calls in through .net will be the fastest
way
> to access the functions? Will the help files be written in C# instead of
C?
>
> Kirk Halgren
>
>
Fastest (most direct) way to access always were
and allways will be native NT functions.

First versions of NT was supposed to run OS/2, posix and Win32
apps. Every subsystem eventualy called native NT API.
Over time, posix and OS/2 subsystems become absolete.

Many win32 functions are pretty straighforward mappings.

What they might do is to make NET a new subsystem
instead of application library running inside Win32.
but adding NET in between of Win32 and NT
is just plain silly and it will not happen.

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