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Java Forum / General / April 2006Doubts
Hi, I am a computer science degree student...I have a couple of doubts... is .net platform independent ? I have learned VB and recently i had gone through a VB.net programming book....I couldnt make a difference between these 2...is there any? which will be wiser to use for my project "file recovery system"....java or .net? Regards..... "java" wrote... > I am a computer science degree student...I have a couple > of doubts... is .net platform independent ? In a generic sense, yes. .NET itself is platform independent such as it can run on any platform with a CLR, just in the same way as Java is platform independent. On the other hand, there exist virtual machines for Java on many more platforms than there are for .NET. > I have learned VB and recently i had gone through a VB.net > programming book....I couldnt make a difference between > these 2...is there any? Absolutely! I would rather say they are two completely different languages, although they have a lot of syntactical similarities. > which will be wiser to use for my project "file recovery > system"....java or .net? With that sparse information on what your "file recovery system" is supposed to do, I'd rather say ... neither. If you e.g. mean a system that can "repair corrupt files in the file system", you would anyway end up in a language with capabilities to approach lower levels of the OS, i.e. the platform independence is needed to be lost. // Bjorn A hi, Thanks for the answers... but still there r some more doubts regarding vb and vb.net.. i havent found any difference between these two... is it tht one is platform independent and the other is not? "java" wrote... > but still there r some more doubts regarding vb and vb.net.. > i havent found any difference between these two... > is it tht one is platform independent and the other is not? That's only one of the differences, although not fully true either. Languages themselves are always platform independent. The development environments that can make use of them can or cannot be platform independent. It would take too long to write down all of the differences between the two, but one of the main differences (language wise) is that VB.NET is more object oriented than VB ever was. But now this thread has no connection to programming in Java anymore. I'd suggest you ask about further differences between VB and VB.NET in a more appropriate newgroup, e.g. news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb // Bjorn A Thanks for your reply That site is really helpful... Thanks a lot...:) > Hi, > I am a computer science degree student...I have a couple of doubts... > is .net platform independent ? > I have learned VB and recently i had gone through a VB.net programming > book....I couldnt make a difference between these 2...is there any? I use VB (6.0) ans VB.NET on a daily basis, and except from some syntax similarities, I can't see *anything* that is common between them. To my eyes they are two completely different languages with a wastly different midset and approach... > which will be wiser to use for my project "file recovery > system"....java or .net? Asking in this group...? but... "File Recovery" implies down to the metal, and then you need JNI if you choose Java. And since the other choice is .NET, we're talking about windows... My choice would have been VB6 if yoy want to write a file recovery system for windows, where you need to get down to the file-system directly...  SignatureDag. > Hi, > I am a computer science degree student...I have a couple of doubts... > is .net platform independent ? Not really, IMO. The mono project is well funded, but limited in some important ways. Rotor cannot be used commercially. There are Java VMs, on the other hand, for many platforms. (That said, if what you need to do is in Mono, then you can write C# that works anywhere.) If you really care about platform independence, look into Java, or pay very, very close attention to what Mono does well, and what it does poorly. Further, consider learning C# rather than VB.net, as that seems to be getting more support in the mono world. > I have learned VB and recently i had gone through a VB.net programming > book....I couldnt make a difference between these 2...is there any? My (limited) understanding says they are essentially entirely different languages and libraries with only a few similarities of syntax. > which will be wiser to use for my project "file recovery > system"....java or .net? Depends on what you know, and what you need to do. If the project is windows only, then C# .NET is going to get the job done. For win/lin/mac, you look at Java, or the Mono subset of .NET, or perhaps Perl or Python or Ruby, depending on what you need to do. Now, a 'file recovery system' probably needs to call things outside the ken of the Java or C# APIs. Figure out the hardest thing to do, and then see if your language of choice has a pre-built module for it. Many people I know love Perl, because there is a module for everything that nearly works. Scott SignatureScott Ellsworth scott@alodar.nospam.com Java and database consulting for the life sciences Thanks for your answers...:) Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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