Re: Windows 8, could .net loyalists be losing out? I'd like some opinions on this if you guys don't mind
- From: Christopher Coale <ccoale427@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:20:52 -0700
It's rare because there really is no reason to make a native compiler
(and it's a lot of work). People use C# because it is a clean language,
and with the help of .NET, C# can allow people to develop any program
they want very quickly (I wasn't saying it was practical. Hence why I
said: "in all practicality..."). If you're on Windows, people say to use
.NET because depending on what you're doing, there usually is no reason
not to use it. It's easier and faster to develop on then to use the
Windows API directly. And I'm not sure what your last question is
asking. C# can P/Invoke Windows API procedures perfectly fine, and it is
done all the time, if that is what you are asking. It has nothing to do
with type-safety.
On 6/22/2011 1:11 PM, Katherine Moss wrote:
We only have one to my knowledge, and not to mention, Mono's only
popular with Linux, isn't that correct? Folks seem to say that it is
illogical to use anything but .net on windows if using C#. Is that
just an opinion? And what you mentioned about native binaries, the
problem with that, and the reason why I don't see other compilers
written to give them to us directly is the type-safe requirement of
the language. Because isn't the most logical reason why programmers
programming against the Win32 API for using C++ rather than C# due to
the fact they don't want to deal with that?
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