Re: Does .net replace win32?

Olaf.Baeyens_at_skyscan.be
Date: 05/04/04 

Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 12:13:25 +0200

> Is it a fair and mostly true statement to say that when programming
> Visual C++ using .Net, the .Net stuff basically replaces the Win32
> API? I know you can still make a call back to win32 if need be, but
> the general idea I gather is that .Net is the new "platform" to sit
> ontop of windows for general applications, with Windows Forms
> replacing MFC, etc...
>
In my opinion currently, .NET is a little bit like Windows 3.1 on top of
DOS.
Windows 3.1 had to go through DOS and BIOS to make it work, slowing it down
compared to DOS.

But later Windows 95 came out and went around DOS and BIOS. Although it
started up in DOS.

And then Windows NT, W2K and XP that didn't start up with DOS anymore and
avoids the BIOS, DOS...

The .NET is something like this. At this moment it uses Win32 API. But when
more and more functionality is added, more and more .NET API will become
available and Win32 will somehow in the future not been extended anymore.
And in the far Future maybe Win32 will be emulated in a pure .NET Operating
system. (This can take 10 years or so)

The issue is that you now have to start learning the new technology, because
it can take years before you finally understand it enough to be sure to
develop commercial applications. Porting code libraries (in my case 150.000
lines, and my previous company even 800.000 lines) cannot be done
instantly, but take years.

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