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C# and CLI Fast-tracked to ISO
jdfox writes "It wasn't that long ago that ECMA approved standardisation of Microsoft C# and the associated Common Language Infrastructure. Now they have used the "fast-track" agreement between ECMA and ISO to move ISO ratification forward quickly, according to this article on CNET. We should see ISO C# by January.
Maybe this will finally persuade Sun to take their leash off of Java."
Maybe this will finally persuade Sun to take their leash off of Java."
I gotta say I think its great for my career that I support a 7 layer OSI kernel stack. I mean, it was the first ISO network standard! And that really means something in todays "just get it done" business climate. I'm sure there are plenty of opportunities out there for me!
De Juris standards don't mean squat. I'll take De facto every day.
In the future, I would want to not be isolated from my friends in the Space Station.
You could join the Army.
...is the Taco Bell 7-layer burrito. Every other network vendor has played games under the hood, collapsing some of the layers into one.
(That's actually a quote, but I can't recall who said it. And I'm too tired to google for it.)
You cannot apply a technological solution to a sociological problem. (Edwards' Law)
> Could someone please enlighten me with a grammatical explanation of the "off of"
> construct above?
I suppose you mean:
Could someone please enlighten me with a grammatical explanation of the above-mentioned construct "off of"?
But while you're ending your sentences with prepositions while whining about perceived Crimes Of Grammar on a a tech blog, why not amuse yourself with this joke:
A Southerner stopped a stranger on the Harvard campus and asked, "Could you please tell me where the library is at?" The stranger responded, "Educated people never end their sentences with a preposition." The Southerner replied, "Could you please tell me where the library is at, asshole?"