[Mono-list] Platforms Mono will support?

[Steve Mentzer]

True that most windows apps were written with vb5/vb6. 

Converting vb.net over as the "raw language" wouldn't be a tremendous stretch. However, it is rather pointless, as the vast majority of the things that makes vb.net attractive "graphical/form-based development" would require a MASSIVE undertaking.

So, yes, you can create a vb.net compiler that will create IL. But the form designer(s) and such aren't going to be there.... making it kind of pointless. I always get into arguments with vb6 "gurus" regarding the feasibility of vb.net. It is designed to comfort the vb6 developer who (for the lack of a better explanation) is afraid of c# because it is too "c++ like". 

Most of the .net framework was written in c#. Most of production-level code being produced in .net now is written in c#. 

My opinion is to not waste the time writing a vb.net interpreter. Getting the .net platform on as many platforms as possible should be the #1 priority. 

One final thing. Folks that know (and prefer) vb6 and vb.net MOST LIKELY do not have much *nix/c/c++ experience. So to target them as a userbase isn't such a hot idea anyway :)



-----Original Message-----
From: Guenther Roith [mailto:groith@tcrz.net]
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 2:38 PM
To: Bob Smith
Cc: Miguel de Icaza; code; 'mono-list'
Subject: Re: [Mono-list] Platforms Mono will support?


Am Fre, 2002-09-13 um 23.11 schrieb Bob Smith:
> My vote is for VB.NET.
> 
> Ximian has done an increadable job with their C# compiler. I'm sure they
> could do as good a job on a VB.NET one.
> 

Me, too. Don't get me wrong, I dislike the language.
It has no advantages, other than learning you bad programming style.

Still most Windows applications are written with VB (!!) and expecially
ASP.NET pages will use it. If we want to move Windows Developers to
Linux or get compatiblity VB.NET is very important.

Other than that, I is shipped with mono and can nicely show the
language-independece.

How far is mbas?
To my understanding tt's just the mcs sources with a BASIC parser at the
moment without code generation.

Rafael, can tell more about the status of mbas? 

Johannes


> On 13 Sep 2002, Miguel de Icaza wrote:
> 
> > Hello!
> >
> > > Is there any plan to port mono to commercial Unix platform such as HP
> > > Tru64, Sun Solaris?
> >
> > Ximian is committed to build at least the Linux/x86 JIT engine, and help
> > others in porting to other systems.  Currently am trying to find out how
> > we should allocate resources on the Mono team, and it would be useful to
> > know what people actually need.
> >
> > I understand that some people might find Tru64 JIT support useful, but
> > maybe VB.NET would benefit more people.
> >
> > That being said, if your company is interested in hiring Ximian to
> > support your favorite platform, we are interested in knowing about this.
> >
> > I should probably write a poll or something.
> >
> > Miguel
> >
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