On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 14:43, Orion Edwards wrote:
Aha my troll got some bites I see :-)
Nip nip.
Microsoft did the unexpected with .NET, the framework (it's API) is just as nice and in many cases a whole lot nicer than java's. A complete turnaround from Win32.
Which is very surprising.
The GUI stuff in mono is still scratchy I hear, but the general stuff (ie: you want to write a server or a daemon or something) is top notch.
Which sort of GUI stuff? WinForms or GTK#?
ASP.net is also VERY nice from a web development POV, and mono does a reasonable job of getting it running on linux.
Hmm. I think I'll stick to PHP and Java thanks.
Anyway, give mono a spin (or if you're on windows, get the .net framework sdk) and you'll probably find you agree with me that it's quite cool.
Maybe when I have an iota of time. What will probably push me in that direction is when/if I ever want to write a GTK+/GNOME app for Linux. So far I've avoided that little den of wolves. Regards -- Oliver Jones » Director » oliver(a)deeperdesign.com » +64 (21) 41 2238 Deeper Design Limited » +64 (7) 377 3328 » www.deeperdesign.com