Re: Visual Studio .NET and the IIgs

["Tim Haynes" <trhaynes@yahoo.SPAMBGONE.com>]

What palmtops are you thinking of that run 2.8 MHz?  Maybe the old Atari
Portfolio, but that's probably about it.  My Cassiopeia E100 (kind of weak
by today's handheld standards) runs at 100MHz!

Cheers
Tim

"Gottverlassen" <piracy@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
>