Re:.NET 5
by goto11 on Monday May 06, 2019 @01:42PM
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I think the initial ".net strategy" was just a (failed) marketing exercise. It was supposedly some kind of grand vision where the .net framework were just one component and SOAP was another. They certainly did not plan to base Windows or SQL Server on the .net framework.
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They did try a number of times to write kernels in C#-like languages. Singularity, Midori, etc.
This spawned a lot of interesting academic work that influenced languages such as Rust... trying to get high level features and safety without need for a runtime.
Re:.NET 5
by BuckRogers on Monday May 06, 2019 @02:17PM
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You're correct. I'm certain that you're fully aware of Midori, but as you alluded to, a Microsoft Research initiative, but never was on the official roadmap. .Net itself has been a great success. I was completely sold on .Net Core and .Net 5 is exactly where they needed to take it.