The problem with .NET is that you have to distribute a 20MB .NET
runtime to everyone. Even Windows XP does not have the .NET runtime
included by default.
Monday, June 10, 2002, 2:50:02 PM, you wrote:
d> Thanks Scott for getting responses.
d> Seems like way to go in a cooperative project is to get participants
d> to use .NET framework, where language choice is least likely to cause
d> problems, and C/C++ can be used to generate/process any necessary
d> unmanaged (= not under control of .NET runtime) or legacy code. I
d> think that will get us the most bang for the buck with repect to our
d> individual uses of the code (but perhaps not the most bang if someone
d> wanted to sell and distribute a cross-platform app - not a high
d> priority for me - but makes sense for IB's use of Java in TWS).
d> So what do the other 180 people up here think of what I just wrote
d> with respect to development platform selection for such a cooperative
d> effort? (We can do a separte survey to figure out who's actually
d> interested in such a project. Am just fishing for .NET objections to
d> 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
d> 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
d> language
of choice.
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