what is Microsoft .NET?

[Jeff7]

Is .NET sort of like a modern version of that Visual Basic runtime stuff I have sometimes encountered?

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Is .NET sort of like a modern version of that Visual Basic runtime stuff I have sometimes encountered?

Sort of...

.NET uses common language runtime. Safe C# is no faster than VB.NET. It all boils down to this CLR, which the .NET framework's intrepreter processes.

 

[talyn00]

i would call .NET, Microsoft's equivalent to Java Virtual machine

 

[kamper]

Originally posted by: xtknight[/i

Why couldn't they just write it in C++ or the like instead?

Mostly because they're lazy. Something like that is prime candidate for C++ because it's just a simple control panel.

How's that? I'd call it a prime candidate for .net because it's just a simple control panel. There's no sense in doing simple guis in a lower level, more dangerous language. Stuff that's prime candidate for c++ would be lower level things like maybe hardware access (if it hasn't already been abstracted away for you by the .net framework) or cases where performance is critical and .net isn't quite up to the task yet.

And laziness, to a degree, is a virtue in a programmer, not a fault. 🙂

 

[DRavisher]

Originally posted by: kamper
How's that? I'd call it a prime candidate for .net because it's just a simple control panel. There's no sense in doing simple guis in a lower level, more dangerous language. Stuff that's prime candidate for c++ would be lower level things like maybe hardware access (if it hasn't already been abstracted away for you by the .net framework) or cases where performance is critical and .net isn't quite up to the task yet.

And laziness, to a degree, is a virtue in a programmer, not a fault. 🙂

I would have to agree with that. It is precisely things such as this that are very nice to do in .NET, since it does not require the more low lever programming C++ can give you, and it wont require reprograming to work in Vista. Can anyone say to what extent WinFX is supposed to replace Win32? Are M$ aiming for Win32 going away totally in the future, or is WinFX just an alternative?

And 'laziness' in a programmer is nice if the programmer gets to spend more time being creative and less time fighting the programming language.

 

[bruceb]

You need the Microsoft VB Run dll files .. They should be there already
or download "vbrun60sp5.exe" from here

http://bluefive.pair.com/vbrun.htm

That should fix the ebook problem