From: "Robert Comer" 

More than one or two reasons, in other words.  I tactually make sense, thanks.

- Bob Comer


"Rich"  wrote in message news:429148de$1{at}w3.nls.net...
   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.  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.

Rich

  "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:4291279d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  Well, I did admit I was a beginner .NET programmer (Not beginning
programmer
  though), so I wasn't that confident in my responses anyway -- I'm just
  trying to learn...

  - Bob Comer


  "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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