I think that perhaps the goal of C# might be to move VB developers towards a language that is more C like so that they can start to speak a language similar to many low level developers language of choice. In this manner you could start the migration towards a common language without allowing people (like myself) who aren't used to memory management to shoot themselves in the foot. Being a ASP/VB scripter/developer who is beginning to understand the way that class based programming works, and who is beginning to see the inherent strengths of that methodology, I for one am happy to have a stepping stone that saves me from myself. Not being a development god, it might not be worth much, but that is my opinion.
On a side note, one of the coolest aspects of .NET, in case anyone cares, is the caching capabilities. If you haven't read up on it, but are into optimization techniques, it is definetly worth a couple of hours of reading. That is really all it would take to get a feel for the granular control now provided via .NET. That said, the Bastards wanted to charge me $245 this morning for a support call on a recent multi-thousand dollar purchase because their products are "without warranty." Now isn't that being ungrateful for people giving you business? Oh well, when you have the money you have the power... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Daniel Sands Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 10:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: .NET version of OpenSSL > I doubt, just as everyone else, that the C# language will have that > much of an impact, there just is waaaay too much written in C or C++ > that people will want to keep. And on that note, if .NET becomes the M$ platform of the future, there will no doubt be C/C++ compilers that produce .NET code very shortly. And M$ will have to make VC++ do the same in order to keep their market share away from Borland, Watcom, etc. So why bother with C#!$*@? ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
