.NET platform independence ?

[Joel]

If I'm not wrong, .NET generates MSIL which can be executed by the CLR
on any machine because the code is managed, but what if a programmer
decides to use a bit of unmanaged code, say a feature of the win32 api,
how
is platform independence going to be achieved then.

Thanks

Joel

 

[Scott M.]

No, .NET development is meant for the Windows platform. While there are
movements out there to have .NET run on non-Windows platforms, these are not
MS's intention for .NET.

 

[schneider]

MS has builds that work/worked in Linux, and Mac called "Rotor".

Schneider

 

[Scott M.]

Yes, but these are not standard parts of the .NET Framework. To be sure,
..NET was initially developed solely for Windows development with web
services being the bridge to other platforms.

 

[schneider]

Scott is correct, I just wanted to indicate that it was/can be done.

Schenider

 

[Scott M.]

I thought I indicated the same in my first response:

"While there are movements out there to have .NET run on non-Windows
platforms, these are
not MS's intention for .NET."

 

[schneider]

Relax, you mentioned movements, I am pointing out the specific movements.
Also ASP.NET is running on linux.

MS "Rotor"
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/07/sharedsourcecli/

Mono
http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page

Schneider

 

[Chris Mullins [MVP]]

Don't forget the .NET Compact Framework, which runs on a wide variety of
hardware platforms - Smartphones, PDA's, etc. This includes a number of
physical processor types.

There's also the CLR that's shipping with WPF/e (currently in CTP status) -
that's a "subset of the CLR" (probably similar to the Compact Framework)
that's indended to run on a number of platforms, including the Mac.

 

[schneider]

Thanks Chris,

Don't know why I always forget the Compact Framework...

Schneider