Re: Haskell and the NGWS Runtime

[Manuel M. T. Chakravarty]

Theodore Norvell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote,

> I've been following this discussion, but there are so many new buzzwords
> coming out of microsoft that it's a bit confusing for those not
> in the know.  

That's part of the masterplan ;-)

> Is there a quick way to summarize the relationships
> between
>       .NET
>       NGWS
>       C# (which I've discovered is intended to be pronounces C-sharp
>           rather than C-hash)
>       the .NET virtual machine
>       COM
> Why does the world need C# when it already has Java and C++?

A good analysis of were C# fits re Java and C++ is at

  http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/08/09/1612254&mode=thread

Manuel