Re: [gentoo-user] Re: d

[Roy Wright <royw@cisco.com>]

Hans-Werner Hilse wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 03:07:44 -0500 Roy Wright <royw@cisco.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Beagle is a mono application.  Mono is the open source implementation
>> of C# which is a derivative of java aimed specifically at windoze by M
>> $.
>>     
>
> wrong. C# is a dialect one can use to create .NET programs. .NET is a
> bit similar to the Java concept. But there are numerous other languages
> one can use to create .NET assemblies.
>
> Mono is an attempt to create a .NET environment for the FOSS world.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_development_platform
>
>
> -hwh
>   
OK, C# was derived from C++, Java, and Delphi.  .NET is basically a byte 
code interpreter
similar in concept to java's virtual machine.  I was wrong in not 
separating the C# language
compiler from the .NET environment.  Mono consists of both.  At one time 
MS planned
a bunch of languages for the .NET environment that could inter-operate 
at the byte code
level.  I haven't heard what happened with that (probably because I just 
don't care about
windoze and .NET).

Have fun,
Roy
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