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Microsoft May Back Off of .NET Languages

Posted by Soulskill on from the lost-the-spark dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Though Microsoft had initially made a commitment to create versions of dynamic languages that are customized for .NET, recent reports make it clear that the company may be stepping back from this plan. Much early speculation on this change in focus comes from Jim Schementi, previously the program manager in charge of Microsoft's implementation of the Ruby software known as IronRuby. Schementi reports on his blog that the team dedicated to working on IronRuby has decreased to one employee. According to Schementi, his departure from the company came as Microsoft began to display a 'serious lack of commitment' to any .NETized dynamic languages, including IronRuby."

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  1. Shit. by AnonymousClown · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been hoping for COBOL.NET.

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    1. Re:Shit. by Megane · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...and FORTRAN.NET and RPG.NET. Damn.

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  2. C# by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    As long as Microsoft continues to make C# and ASP.NET more capable and effective than anything else out there, I don't care if they throw IronRuby in the same trash bin as RegularRuby.

    1. Re:C# by MightyYar · · Score: 4, Funny

      I know, right? Whenever I use C# all of these unicorns and ponies keep popping into existence. It was literally created by the Lord Himself.

      Can I come work as an astroturfer now?

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    2. Re:C# by MightyYar · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yours was better than mine... more believable. That's why you guys get the big bucks.

      I tried to use .NET yesterday, but that's a funny story for another time.

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    3. Re:C# by MightyYar · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'll make fun of Hurd if it makes your dim green plastic soul shine just for a moment.

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  3. Re:Good by bonch · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hard to argue with such a well-researched, fact-based conclusion.

  4. Re:Getting screwed in both directions by pitdingo · · Score: 4, Funny

    how is .net better than java?

  5. So he was a _PM_? by melted · · Score: 3, Funny

    Then nothing was really lost with his departure. All Microsoft PMs do is sit in the meetings, "manage schedule", "report status", and take credit for devs' work. What's even more insane is that in some teams PM/Dev ratio is 1:1. So that remaining dev (assuming he was, in fact, a dev) has just become twice as productive, due to the decrease in the number of meetings on his calendar.

  6. Re:Getting screwed in both directions by CasperIV · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wait? Someone likes java?