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J# - who uses it? Seriously?

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  • 13-12-2004 10:49pm
    #1
    Peace
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    I'm just asking. I've never met a programmer that claimed that he/she programmed in J# (.Net?)...

    Was it a big flop?


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    Random
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    I think I have a J++ .net cd from M$ somewhere... came with MS Visual Studio 6 ?


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    damnyanks
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    Last I heard it was being phased out due to not being used. Can't remember what exactly I saw that...


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    Evil Phil
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    I think they did it to annoy Sun tbh. I don't know anybody who uses J#. In days of yore I've used the Microsoft SDK for Java tools as they were better than J++.

    I've also heard tell of a Perl.Net but haven't seen it anywhere.


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    HaVoC
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    From what i heard you can use it to port from java to the .net platform. There is a wizard kinda thing that converts code over and marks areas that couldnt be converted. syntax is suppose to be the same as suns java.


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    stevenmu
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    Apart from that I'd guess it's mainly a good marketing point. Sun just has java but M$ has Java and the rest of .Net


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    Peace
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    Perhaps it was all just to lull some hardcore java heads into using some MS technology, as in the framework.

    Seems like MS have almost bottomless pockets..


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    Peteee
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    Peace wrote:
    Seems like MS have almost bottomless pockets..

    Seems like it??? They DO have bottomless funds, about 40 biliion CASH last i checked, and if the companies ever in trouble, I'm sure bill could lob a couple of billion of his own funds into the company, whatever he finds in his back pocket would be fine i'm sure

    Never even heard of j++ tbh


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    Enygma
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    Wasn't J++ just MS's version of Java? Didn't realise they had J# though, seems like an easy way to port alright though.

    On a related note, Sun recently held a summit with the likes of Larry Wall, Guido van Rossum and other language designers (Groovy). Should be interesting to say the least.
    http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2004/12/08/DynamicJava


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    Peteee wrote:
    Seems like it??? They DO have bottomless funds, about 40 biliion CASH last i checked, and if the companies ever in trouble, I'm sure bill could lob a couple of billion of his own funds into the company, whatever he finds in his back pocket would be fine i'm sure

    Never even heard of j++ tbh
    more like $56 Bn in the kitty and they will ALSO be handing about €75Bn to shareholders in the next 4 years..


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    jessy
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    Is j# not the free language with M$ Development. I downloaded Borland C# and you needed j# before it would install. Only time I have ever needed it.


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    stevenmu
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    jessy wrote:
    Is j# not the free language with M$ Development. I downloaded Borland C# and you needed j# before it would install. Only time I have ever needed it.
    I think all the .Net languages are free, you can download a .Net SDK and that has compilers and other tools, you can then text editors to write your programs. There's also sharpdevelop which is an open source attempt at a visual studio replacement, I only tried an early version but it seemed pretty good, especially for students etc. J# is the .Net version of J++


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