Re: One language environment don't have future

[Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <b1uf7u$8dc$3@a1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>, Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de> writes:
> 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?

Whatever is "under the hood" would seem to have little influence
on the published interfaces, which are patterned after prior
Microsoft Windows implementations.