portability of applications

[Rahul Chatterjee]

Being a newbie to dotnet, can anyone tell me if the current version
applications/executables are portable across to other OS' like from MS to
Unix

[Newbie]

Re: portability of applications


In order for a .NET application to work the operating system must be have a
CLR ( Common Language Runtime ), if these are available on a particular
platform then it could work. AFAIK, the windows platform is the only one but
I might be wrong.


"Rahul Chatterjee" <rahul@benesysi nc.com> wrote in message
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> Being a newbie to dotnet, can anyone tell me if the current version
> applications/executables are portable across to other OS' like from MS to
> Unix
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[pvdg42]

Re: portability of applications


"Rahul Chatterjee" <rahul@benesysi nc.com> wrote in message
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> Being a newbie to dotnet, can anyone tell me if the current version
> applications/executables are portable across to other OS' like from MS to
> Unix
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..NET apps require the .NET Framework. There is a project that will interest
you. Check here:

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

--
Peter [MVP Visual Developer]
Jack of all trades, master of none.

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: portability of applications

"Rahul Chatterjee" <rahul@benesysi nc.com> schrieb:[color=blue]
> Being a newbie to dotnet, can anyone tell me if the current version
> applications/executables are portable across to other OS' like from MS to
> Unix[/color]

<URL:http://www.dotgnu.org/>
<URL:http://www.mono-project.com/>

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[CMM]

Re: portability of applications

The CLR/CLI is one thing. The Framework is something totally separate.
Microsoft has submitted the CLR/CLI (along with C#) for standards approval.
And I think the Mono project has a great working implementation of the CLR.

However, all that pretty much means is you can write an app that computes
2+2 and have it be cross platform. The Framework on the other hand is a
bunch of classes... most of them simply wrappers around the Win32 API.
Porting them will prove to be difficult I suspect. Though I hear the Mono
guys are making great progress. But, without Microsoft lending their full
weight behind it, I doubt it will ever happen.

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-C. Moya

https://www.cmoya.com

"Newbie" <me@me.com> wrote in message
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> In order for a .NET application to work the operating system must be have
> a CLR ( Common Language Runtime ), if these are available on a particular
> platform then it could work. AFAIK, the windows platform is the only one
> but I might be wrong.
>
>
> "Rahul Chatterjee" <rahul@benesysi nc.com> wrote in message
> news:OelVh0jLGH A.208@tk2msftng p13.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Being a newbie to dotnet, can anyone tell me if the current version
>> applications/executables are portable across to other OS' like from MS to
>> Unix
>>
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