Is VB.net platform independent or not?

[mnarayana3]

can anyone explain clearly whether VB.net is platform independent or not? so many people saying their own style. still i am confused. TIA

[Sonia Gupta]

I think java is platform independent .It can run on both windows as well as linux platform.unlike .net platform which runs only on windows.

[Christian Graus]

Please don't crosspost.

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[Christian Graus]

Not true. .NET runs under Linux, using Mono. The difference is that there's a lot more Java VMs than there are .NET implimentations.

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[Sonia Gupta]

Thank You Sir What are mono? and one more thing so is it right to say that .net is platform independent?

[Christian Graus]

Nilish wrote:

What are mono?

One of those things that google knows all about.

Nilish wrote:

so is it right to say that .net is platform independent?

Sort of. Like the OP said, it's hard to get a straight answer, because the answer is, anyone can write a .NET engine for any platform, but right now, the Mono people are doing it for Linux, and that's about it. I don't know how complete Mono is, but I think it's close to a complete .NET 1.1 implimentation.

Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

[Guffa]

From what I can see from a look on their roadmap, everything (?) is up to 1.1, and most of 2.0 is implemented in most of the parts. Anyhow, unless you have some very specific needs, it should be fully usable. :)

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[Steven J Jowett]

I would say at this point .NET is not platform independant, but has the protential of being so.

Steve Jowett ------------------------- Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked down upon because he is a fool, is only despised only because he is an 'I.T. Consultant'

[Dave Kreskowiak]

The .NET Framework is Microsoft's implementation of the Common Language Infrastructure specifications. Mono is a Linux implementation of the CLI, that also models itself after the .NET Framework. Other than that, I don't know of any other implementations. Though anyone is free to implement their version of the CLI on any platform they choose.

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