You are whining over the fact that the name of a binary assembly possibly hints at an implementation provider? I don't actually think your comparison makes sense, as Java completely lacks the concept of versioned assemblies (hopefully Jigsaw will change that) - you either have JSE, or not.
When Microsoft first started working on the .NET Framework, before it was standardized, MSCorLib.dll was indeed an acronym for Microsoft Common Object Runtime Library. Once ECMA started to standardize the CLR and parts of the FCL, MSCorLib.dll officially became the acronym for Multi Language Standard Common Object Runtime Library. This was probably easier and more compatibility friendly than renaming the assembly to corelib. You can read about this in "Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming". On Oct 19, 11:42 am, Miroslav Pokorny <miroslav.poko...@gmail.com> wrote: > My main point was Microsoft says that they say c# and the clr are a > standard, so they dont include microsoft in their packages(namesspaces) > naming and yet we have "mscorlib.dll". -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
