Visual Studio .NET and the IIgs

["Gottverlassen" <piracy@microsoft.com>]

Maybe I should be posting this in csa2.programmer, but I wanna give my
underinformed speculation a go here anyway.

Palmtop computers are pretty wussy things, in terms of modern computers.  I
mean, 2.8 MHz wouldn't be that out of line, and 7-14 MHz would be just
great.  And here comes Microsoft with this new technology, Visual Studio
.NET, which makes use of a just-in-time compliation strategy, similar to
Java.  There is talk of developing VS.NET JIT-compilers for a variety of
platforms, including palm-top devices.  If that can be done, is there any
reason why the same thing could not be done for GS/OS?

I would *love* to be able to use Visual Basic (and Visual C++, to a lesser
extent) to develop for the IIgs.  Something like that would cause an
absolute explosion of new IIgs software.  And I want to see it.

Sadly, I have not the l33t sk1llz required to implement such a thing.  But
for those more experienced than me, can it be done?  Is it feasible to think
a .NET interpreter can work on GS/OS, if weenie palmtops can pull it off?

Please do not respond with pure Microsoft bashing.  I'm talking about trying
to enhance the beloved IIgs, not trying to start a flamewar.