Re: Do Windows Fortran programmers need .NET?

From: David Frank (dave_frank_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/09/03 

Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 16:42:02 GMT

"G.F. Thomas" <gfthomas@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> "Gary L. Scott" <garyscott@ev1.net> wrote in message
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> [...]
>
> >
> > I support the concept in general of being able to run an
"executable"
> > anywhere.
>
> .NET is available on Windows OS's and Linux.
>
> > I'm not so sure of this particular model and of reliance on
> > this particular vendor.
>
> Roll out the Microsoft schfradenfreude, bah, humbug, :-).
>
> > I don't support the concept of not also
> > providing the ability to generate optimized native code directly
> > (meaning no run time conversion).
> >
>
> .NET produces platform-specific native code if you request it.
>
> --
> Ciao,
> Gerry T.
> ______
> "Things are not what they seem; or, to be more accurate, they are
not
> only what they seem, but very much else besides." -- Aldous Huxley.
>
>

Plus you can have the best of both worlds by using net to
create your managed code gui exec and call a "unmanaged code"
trusted DLL however such an app would not be portable to
another platform without supplying a DLL for that platform.

BTW INTEL VISUAL FORTRAN V8.0 has been announced today.
(upgrade from CVF $200)

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