[Mono-list] Platforms Mono will support?

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First about the VB Namespace:
You can view it at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/h
tml/frlrfMicrosoftVisualBasic.asp

And you can look at my answers below:

-----Original Message-----
From: mono-list-admin@ximian.com [mailto:mono-list-admin@ximian.com] On
Behalf Of G.Kumaraguru
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 10:27 PM
To: mono-list@ximian.com
Subject: RE: [Mono-list] Platforms Mono will support?


 As a VB6 Developer myself, I find VB.NET simply not interesting than
learning C#.
 It would be worthwhile to concentrate on efforts to run mono on
different architecture than implementing VB.NET.

> Why worthwhile? It's just to be able to support the two main
programming 
> language. And think about somebody who downloaded the binary of a .NET
> program made in VB.NET. He'll be unable to run it under Linux using
Mono.

 Also, Microsoft might find issues with mono having a VB.NET compiler as
it is still their proprietary language(Not an ECMA standard unlike C#
and ECMA script.)

 It would be a huge risk. Microsoft can change the VB.NET language
syntax any time they want. You would have to catch up with it if you
want it to be usable.

> I don't know if there're risks making the compiler, however there're
no
> risks making the run-times. Why should they modify the syntax? VB6
> programmers are already so confused, I don't think they'll do that.

 Developing a CLI-Compliant language that's based on Basic is a
different thing than to create an exact copy of VB.NET.

> Why do you want to make a new Basic language, we can copy make a copy
of 
> VB.NET (using another name :) ), else people will be a bit confused.

 In any case what attracts people to VB.NET is the RAD GUI Designer. If
we have one such thing for mono C#, the problem is solved.

> Yes, the GUI is nice, however I code in VB.NET instead of C# because
the
> language is easier and faster to coding.

 Regards
 Kumaraguru





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