D vs VM-based platforms
Jari-Matti Mäkelä
jmjmak at utu.fi.invalid
Thu May 3 13:40:09 PDT 2007
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.
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