D vs VM-based platforms

[Pragma]

Bruno Medeiros wrote:
> lubosh wrote:
>> Sean Kelly Wrote:
>>
>> That's why Microsoft provided utility called NGEN which is producing 
>> native binaries of .NET bytecode so JIT compilation won't be needed. 
>> Whole .NET framework is practically NGENed during installation.
>>
> 
> Ah, interesting, so that's why the installtion of the the .NET framework 
> takes a rather long time, mistery explained.
> 

But what's truly ridiculous is that .NET has exactly *one* target platform.

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