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From: Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>
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Subject: Re: One language environment don't have future
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Larry Kilgallen <Kilgallen@spamcop.net> wrote:
 
: I was under the impression that .NET, like the Java Bytecode Engine,
: constrained what languages are able to do.

I think Eiffel fans will disagree; Eiffel# doesn't exist
any longer, because full (new) Eiffel is supported for .NET.

: In that sense, I would say the .NET environment represents quite
: a degradation from what is provided by VMS (and has been for about
: 25 years).

Given Dave Cutler has led Windows developement, shouldn't there
be some things that looks familiar under the hood?