[Info-vax] Fun: Object Pascal on VMS

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Fri Sep 6 19:38:58 EDT 2024


On 9/6/2024 7:31 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Sep 2024 22:36:02 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> If VSI or someone else want to port something on a commercial basis then
>> I think the priority list should be:
>>
>> 1) .NET with C#, F# and VB.NET
> 
> Dotnet never seemed more than a Microsoft corporate vanity project (a
> reaction to Sun’s lawsuit over Java), rather than an actual important
> technology. Microsoft themselves have never used it for anything strategic
> (e.g. Office); their one attempt to incorporate it deeply into the OS
> (Vista) ended in failure.

When you last posted this (August 5th) I gave you a list of MS
stuff known to be using .NET.

A bit weird to repost again after that.

Arne




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