Microsoft's C# (Sharp) & .NET -- A Heads Up

[Paul Prescod]

Neil Hodgson wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
>    One report at http://www.codeproject.com/ says """As all languages now
> compile to the same result, performance for all languages from C# and VB to
> Python and Eiffel will have exactly the same performance. """. I don't
> really believe this as the different capabilities of the different languages
> will lead to different performance. Hoever, as all languages will be using
> some common substrate code for features like memory management and exception
> handling, performance levels for the different languages will be closer than
> before.

I don't buy that for a second! Languages like Java and Python achieve
some level of performance by tweaking the VM and language in concert.
You could develop a language that flew like a bat out of hell on
Microsoft's VM. You might even call it "C#" :). You could also imagine a
language that mixes with Microsoft's VM like oil and water. We'll have
to see the VM to know what language that would be.
-- 
 Paul Prescod - Not encumbered by corporate consensus
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. 
	- http://www.cs.yale.edu/~perlis-alan/quotes.html