From: Adam 

Rich wrote:

>    That's OK.  Honestly, you can't easily answer a question like "what
> is X designed for".  One reason is that the question is more why than
> what.  Another is that the motivation to create something does not tell
> you what ultimately is created or how it evolves.  To answer the what
> for the .NET Framework you can say that it is Microsoft's implementation
> of international standards from ECMA and ISO.

You certainly can. You can also say the sky is blue.

>  Of course it is more than
> that both because it is a superset and because that alone doesn't tell
> you when or why you might choose this over alternatives.
>



Adam

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