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VB.NET and non-windows OS's

Hi,

I just read an article about .NET (http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2005/09/06/what-is-dotnet.html) and in it is says that "there have been a number of alternative CLR implementations".

It goes on to say: "Rotor was a project from Microsoft Research, is a version of the CLR that will run on Mac OS, and is shared source. Mono is an independent open source implementation of the CLR that runs on various Linux distributions. "

Does this mean that if I were to write a program in VB.NET, I could then run that progam on Linux, for example? Is that what these statements are trying to say?

Thanks for your thoughts...Andy

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abrusko

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Thanks for the info Greg. I will add that book to my wish list.

As a concept, tho, it is possible to run VB code (for example) on a non-windows OS (Linux for example) under the .NET umbrella...with some tweaks?

Andy

gregoryyoung

Yes absolutely ...

Bob Learned

Common Language Runtime means that all .NET languages are run in a common language (IL).

Bob

abrusko

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OK, guys...thanks very much for your expertise. This gives me what I need to know for now.

Appreciate it.