Thanks Scott for getting responses.
Seems like way to go in a cooperative project is to get participants
to use .NET framework, where language choice is least likely to cause
problems, and C/C++ can be used to generate/process any necessary
unmanaged (= not under control of .NET runtime) or legacy code. I
think that will get us the most bang for the buck with repect to our
individual uses of the code (but perhaps not the most bang if someone
wanted to sell and distribute a cross-platform app - not a high
priority for me - but makes sense for IB's use of Java in TWS).
So what do the other 180 people up here think of what I just wrote
with respect to development platform selection for such a cooperative
effort? (We can do a separte survey to figure out who's actually
interested in such a project. Am just fishing for .NET objections to
start with.) Thanks!
Re: C++ vs. C#.NET vs. VB.NET
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Kent's full of crap! :)
I have yet to see a business app that can't be written in VB
instead
of C++ and have the user know the difference. Most of the problems
with business apps involve query times against backend databases,
which usually isn't the front end's fault.
Just so you don't think I'm biased, I've done VB and C++ stuff for
almost 10 years. VB beats C++ hands down as the business dev
language
of choice.
