How popular is .net and the whole managed code scene?

From: Player (guess_at_My.email.address.scum.com)
Date: 03/01/05 

Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 00:56:22 -0000

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Hey all :)

I was chatting to a few American associates the other day -online- and we
were discussing the whole managed code scene within the IT industry.

There was only me who seemed to be on the side of managed code, really. Only
I was the one who was spouting, "managed code is the future" and similar
such saying's :) while the rest were basically suggesting that it was
nothing more a fad, a trend that would pass, and is in fact die'ing it's
death as we spoke.

I not officially within the IT industry as yet, so I am looking for some
input on this. Is .net and other forms of managed code, like say Java, and
languages such as Python, wide spread within the industry and popular? or is
the industry skeptical of such code and sticking with it's traditional C/C++
roots?
I know that within the Gaming industry, there is little code .net related,
however there are a few development houses that have clamped onto using such
languages as Python within their titles.

But as far as actual engines go, I think I have only seen one such engine
utilizing managed code, the Axiom engine..

So what is everyone opinion of managed and such languages as C# or Python
and so on, is it really worth investing time in learning such tools? or
should one simply stick to the more traditional languages??

Player

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