D vs VM-based platforms

[Jari-Matti Mäkelä]

Sean Kelly wrote:
> Jari-Matti Mäkelä wrote:
>> 
>> Yeah, of course it makes sense. Let's abstract away the underlying
>> hardware & operating system and lock people on this new highly portable
>> platform with IP stuff, patents and DMCA. Problem solved.
> 
> To be fair, Ms does target ARM as well, for its handheld devices.
> Though I wonder if those devices have a full .NET VM.  In any case,
> pre-generating binary code is obviously more efficient, so why not use
> it for a VM?  The original point of .NET is a COM replacement anyway,
> regardless of how things have been spun.

I was a bit over dramatic. It might also be the only way to get rid of
legacy x86 support, if ever possible.