Analysis of .NET Use in Longhorn and Vista

smallstepforman writes "In a classic example of "Do as I say, not as I do", Richard Grimes analyses the ratio of native to managed code in Microsoft's upcoming Vista Operating System. According to the analysis at Microsoft Vista and .NET, "Microsoft appears to have concentrated their development effort in Vista on native code development. Vista has no services implemented in .NET and Windows Explorer does not host the runtime, which means that the Vista desktop shell is not based on the .NET runtime. The only conclusion that can be made from these results is that between PDC 2003 and the release of Vista Beta 1 Microsoft has decided that it is better to use native code for the operating system, than to use the .NET framework.""

Comments

the only good news I've heard about Vista...

[Anonymous Coward]

is that it's not dependent on Blu-Ray.

Re:What is it anyway?

[TrappedByMyself]

What is this .NET framework anyway?

Sorry bub, that ole' free karma trick in the .NET threads don't work much any more.
Doesn't hurt to try though, I guess.

Whereas applications on the other hand...

[Colin Smith]

Are supposed to run like glacially slow dogs, which have just been fed a tranquiliser overdose?

Re:Can't blame them

[vosgienne]

Yah, for an entire game, consisting of thousands of line of spaghetti code, 3 minutes is impressive. But if you're too stupid to actually write code that works, and recompile with every other line you write, then well, YOU SUCK BALLS AS A CODER AND NO LANGUAGE CAN FIX STUPIDITY.

Re:So?

[Petrushka]

--
Grammar tip: "Effect" is a verb. "Affect" is a noun.

Your sig comes across as a bit affected -- it's a troubling effect.

Re:Well DUH

[ZenShadow]

Array Bondage?

Is this some new fetish thing that I'm unaware of?

Re:.NET is for rapid app development

[SeeMyNuts!]

Sorry, but .NET is not a RAD language. Lisp is a RAD language.

I used to work with a couple of Lisp developers, and their productivity was probably 10 times mine.

Re:Easy: you don't start over unless you have to

[jasondlee]

Why waste time re-implementing something that already works fine? Also, explorer.exe doesn't really qualify as userland. Sure, it's not the kernel, but it's as close as you get in userland.

Wait. Did you just say that notepad, mspaint, explorer, etc. work "just fine"?! Head. Spinning. Must. Lay. Down.

Re:Your sig is a lie

[uradu]

You've got it exactly backwards, but there's probably no convincing you.

(Dictionary.com: effect, affect)

Re:Your sig is a lie

[Tim C]

Anyway, please change your sig. It's bad to spread misinformation.

If you feel like that, how can you stand to read slashdot?

As a l3g!+!m4te cr4cker..

[Anonymous Coward]

I take issue with you referering to me as a 'Script Kiddie'..

Re:Well DUH

[yerfatma]

You can't get the thing off until you unbuckle the 0th clasp.

Re:Do as I say, not as I do?

[soulhuntre]

Or could you just not resist yet another cheap, meaningless shot?

You must be new here :)