Joseph, -----Original Message----- From: R. Joseph Newton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 14 August 2003 10:38 AM To: Robert Lilly Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: visual perl
Robert Lilly wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > snip > > > > I also noted that in this "idle" installer screen, there is reference > > MS Visual studio .NET > > > Technology. Does this need to be installed? If so, is there an > > evaluation version of this? > > Yes, ActiveState's Active versions of their apps require .NET. I am not > aware of any evaluation versions of it. >> But the framework is available free from MS. Legally, I believe it must be >> installed for the primary purpose of installing some MS application, but it >> is avaiable, if you search downloads at M$. I have searched virtually all of the download area at M$ and can't find it. If there is something I missed (likely), would you mind giving me a more accurate pointer to this free download? I have Visual C++ but would love to run Visual Perl. Thanks Joseph and Robert for your valued input :) Regards, Janice. > Regarding Visual C++, that is Microsoft's version 6. The .NET version is > called C#. >>> Nope. Microsoft can be pretty greedy and proprietary. They do not cut their >>> own throat, though, which is what they would be doing if they tried to >>> substitue some freshly-minted language for a well-used standard such as C++. >>> They can get away with it with Java, sorta', since Java programmers do not >>> constitue the core of their clientele for development tools. They cannot do >>> that with C++, whose users do. >>> MS does advertise this as an evolution of the C and C++ languages, but >>> standard C++ is still an option. Joseph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Joe Haskian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
