Re: What is the benefit to me of .NET as an end-user?
- From: "Shawn B." <leabre@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:35:28 -0800
IMNSHO, one of the reasons that Microsoft is now devoting so much
effort to C++/CLI (whatever it's called) is so they can "port" Office
to managed code without much of a rewrite. It wouldn't need to use the
framework to still be managed code.
That's a great point. Everyone usually associates C# ==> .NET. If Office
isn't rewritten in C# then it isn't .NET. If it is written in VB.NET then
it sucks. Nevermind that both VB.NET and C# produce identicle IL
instructions (compare them in equivelant code sometime).
The fact is, their C++/CLI compiler is quite capable of taking existing
C/C++ code and targeting .NET instead Win32/64. Someone did that with Quake
it it was painless. Also, targing .NET will allow them to port to Itanium
without much of a rewrite or taking special platform considerations when
porting since presumably the runtime will take those condierations for you
and the framework will already be properly ported to the CPU.
I wouldn't be surprised if one day Office 13 or so MS announces that Office
is a .NET application and they didn't have to rewrite anything (hardly),
just use their managed C++ compiler.
The fact that people hate/refuse .NET because Office wasn't "reweritten" in
C# doesn't prove anything except they are unable to reason and open their
mind to new possibilities but would rather manufacture reasons to avoid .NET
and impose those "reasons" on everyone else.
Come on, if you're going to refuse .NET then pick better reasons. I can
list quite a few. But, I can list thousands more why those few don't matter
(for the types of software I write). So its moot.
Thanks,
Shawn
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