question for the geeks - .NET

[HappyScrappy]

no - it is a VM that MS developed that allows different code types to be executed in this space - it is to compete with people doing the same shit in Java.

the only good side of the idea is that it allows people to stick to code that they know how to write and it will work with other types - but a VM means it will be slower unless they have a JIT addition (which I assume they do or will)

 

[Code]

Naw, DotNet is MS's unreleased OS.

It basically revolves around subscription based licensing rather than flat fee.

meaning if you pay a subscription fee, you get all the patches/updates for free and never have to install them (it happens automatically).

They plan to push this out to thigns like MS Office as well.

 

[sigweed]

i dont want an OS that i can't get burnt for $5 and never have to worry about again

 

[HappyScrappy]

Naw, DotNet is MS's unreleased OS.

It basically revolves around subscription based licensing rather than flat fee.

meaning if you pay a subscription fee, you get all the patches/updates for free and never have to install them (it happens automatically).

They plan to push this out to thigns like MS Office as well.

hmm - really?
from a programmer's perspective it is a Virtual Machine - perhaps from the end user's view it is the OS - don't know.
all I know is what I said was the description I recall reading off of the MS site when I looked to see what the big deal was for it and how the code was (if at all) different.

 

[Code]

Yeah, it's different because all the DCOM and APIs and shit are now COM+ or something.

I think.

 

[Puc]

eeek!!!

it is microsoft rebranding everything they have done before. it includes a java-like vm (with my personal favorite part, a compiled (vm compiled) object-oriented web development platform so that thin client stuff can finally perform and scale!!)
they are moving to software licensing, and other poo like previously mentioned as well.
also multiple language compiling into the same bit codes.

HS, i though there already was JIT occuring? at least i read that somewhere...

 

[HappyScrappy]

yeah, I would assume they already have the JIT - VMs are retardedly slow without them - that is why Java gets such a bad rap b/c it took it awhile to get a good JIT system in place.
it is now just as fast as C++ for many things

 

[HappyScrappy]

yes they have a JIT its a pretty good one to

thus, its not a VM per se

??
okay, so it is a pretty good one - but how does that then negate the VM? Java runs in a VM and has a great JIT implementation.

and a quick check on the MS .Net site shows... it runs in a virtual machine, so perhaps you meant something else.

 

[CaptainMouse]

I hope it comes out soon. When I .fish I can't use a .pole, so I have to use the .net, but since it has not been released, well...

 

[Code]

What the hell, a JIT that doesn't use a VM????

Umm, check your school books again please.