Re: .Net languages
From: Jon Skeet [C# MVP] (skeet_at_pobox.com)
Date: 12/16/04
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Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 08:03:37 -0000
Robby <edmund@not.my.email.com> wrote:
>
> VB.Net and C# have equal portability. Remember, these are based on the .Net
> Framework so any system that has the .Net Framework installed can use your
> assemblies.
>
> However, for maximum cross-platform compatabilty do not use any platform
> specific namespaces, objects or features that are not fully Common
> Language Specification (CLS) compliant. I think only the Microsoft.Win32
> namespace is platform specific so avoid using any objects in that namespace.
No - there's also the Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace, which many
VB.NET programs will use without the developer really knowing. While
Mono has ported many of the classes within this namespace, I suspect
there are still a few gaps.
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