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Re: Are there any .NET possibilities/implications for Dylan/Functional Developer?

Jason Trenouth wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Okay so the interest in new Fun'Dev platforms is:
> 
> Michael T. Richter        .NET
> Brian Rogoff              Solaris, Linux, HPUX
> James McCarron            Solaris
> Andreas Bogk              Unix
> Gareth Baker              Mac OS X
> Kaelin Colclasure         Linux
> Mark Jordan               not .NET, Windows XP
> Levi Conley               JavaVM
> Les Kachina               .NET, Unix
> jan t                     Unix
> 
> Which is roughly split (just counting 1st votes):
> 
> Windows                    [3]
> 
>   .NET                      2
>   Windows XP                1
> 
> Unix                       [6]
> 
>   (not specific)            2
>   Linux                     1
>   Solaris                   2
>   Mac OS X                  1
> 
> JavaVM                     [1]
> 
> So this sample of folks is more interested in Unix than .NET, but the Unix
> vote is split.
> 
> __Jason

Since FO Dylan is a native code compiler, it would be reasonable to 
expect that targeting another IA-32 platform would be simpler than 
retargeting the compiler to Sparc or PowerPC. So wouldn't Linux be the 
logical first step into Unix?

-- Kaelin
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