From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,936b98ceff0d9f3e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-02-06 12:22:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!chcgil2-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: One language environment don't have future Date: 6 Feb 2003 14:22:05 -0600 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1044562853 18933 192.135.80.34 (6 Feb 2003 20:20:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 20:20:53 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:33846 Date: 2003-02-06T14:22:05-06:00 List-Id: In article , Georg Bauhaus writes: > Larry Kilgallen 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.