Python and VS.Net

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> Yes, I was aware of these, too.   Despite Microsoft's claims about the
.NET
> platform being language-independent, it doesn't seem to be a simple task
to
> get Python going on it.    So far, I think there are only VB.NET, C++, C#
> and J#.   No Python#, Perl# or Ruby#, as of yet...

This is probably because .NET is more suitable for statically typed
languages than for dynamic ones. However, many statically-typed
languages have .NET implementations. For example, Eiffel, which
is a very good language, in many aspects far superior to VB, C++,
C# and Java.