Re: How popular is .net and the whole managed code scene?
From: Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP] (carlosq_at_NOSPAMsogecable.com)
Date: 03/01/05
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Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:03:51 +0100
IMHO:
> 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.
Not true, MS is commited with .NET. Its advantages are so many compared with
traditional languages and previous technologies (such as COM) that it is not
just a fad. But certainly we can not ignore that there is a huge base of
"legacy" code in companies (including MS) that can not be converted
overnight, so they will coexist for years and it will take time before we
see, say, Office written in .NET ;-)
> 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?
Java is popular for server applications. Not so successful for client apps
with UI, at least for Windows.
.NET is being used for new developments in many companies, but there is many
people waiting for VS 2005 to bring from VB6.
> or is the industry skeptical of such code and sticking with it's
> traditional C/C++ roots?
It depends on the product that you build and other factors.
> 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??
I would say yes. At the very least, the more languages you know, the more
value you can offer to your employers. But if you build software for your
own, just pick the language that has more sense for the task.
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