From: "Robert Comer" 

>   Because it sometimes a better tool than alternatives.  Unless you treat
> software development as religion you pick tools right for the task at
> hand.

VERY well said!

- Bob Comer


"Rich"  wrote in message news:42929061{at}w3.nls.net...
   Because it sometimes a better tool than alternatives.  Unless you treat
software development as religion you pick tools right for the task at hand.
The .NET Framework is a very good tool and developers select it when they
believe it is the best choice.  This should be the same for _any_software
development tool.

Rich

  "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:42921456{at}w3.nls.net...
  So if it does and .net isn't needed then I'm still back to my original
question why use .Net.

  Gary
    "Rich"  wrote in message news:42920439{at}w3.nls.net...
       They are.  It doesn't.  There are your answers.

       I still disagree that you are trying to understand.  Your interest is
shallow.   You are focusing on buzz words and demonstrating that you don't
understand at all.  Look no further than your message below.

    Rich

      "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:42915777{at}w3.nls.net...
      Well you assumed incorrectly, I was trying to understand.  John
Beckett was kind enough to provide an answer, which has led me to another
question (not necessarily for you as you seem to show no signs of changing
based upon your statements below).

      Why isn't providing security and cleaning up memory stuff and garbage
collection part of the operating system itself??  Why does the operating
system need a software box to encapsulate these abilities for programs
running inside the box?

      Gary
        "Rich"  wrote in message news:4290cf43{at}w3.nls.net...
           I'm not attacking you.  At worst I targeted the one post in
answer to gary's question.  I didn't answer his question because based on
his other posts I don't believe he really cares and I don't care enough to
suggest the obvious, visit www.microsoft.com and spend a minute looking for
an answer.

        Rich

          "Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
news:42902da0$1{at}w3.nls.net...
          Okay, so then answer his question, rather than atacking me, that
would be
          the most helpful.

          - Bob Comer


          "Rich"  wrote in message news:428f65ce{at}w3.nls.net...
             In this context nothing.  bob's statement is pretty much the
same as
          saying the java vm and class libraries are design for java
bytecodes.
          Meaningless and false.

          Rich

            "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
          news:428f5cd4{at}w3.nls.net...
            What does managed code mean?

            Gary

            "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
            news:428f117d{at}w3.nls.net...
            > > What is .NET designed for then??
            >
            > Managed code mostly.
            >
            > - Bob Comer
            >
            >
            > "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
            > news:428eb478{at}w3.nls.net...
            > >
            > > "Robert Comer"
 wrote in message
            > > news:428e9426$1{at}w3.nls.net...
            > >> >   Are you referring to java the language,
java the class
library,
            java
            > > the
            > >> > vm, or something else sun assigns this brand name?<
            > >>
            > >>
            > >> I don't really count Java (vm) and .NET as competitors,
they're
            designed
            > > for
            > >> different tasks and both do fairly well what they were
designed for.
            > >>
            > >> - Bob Comer
            > >
            > >
            > > What is .NET designed for then??
            > >
            > > Gary
            > >
            > >
            >
            >

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