In case some of you have noticed recently there was an article on zdnet (not my favorite publication anyways) that quoted James Gosling, Sun’s CTO, stating that “Microsoft’s decision to support C and C++ in the common language runtime in .Net one of the “biggest and most offensive mistakes that they could have made”“.
I figured that I would share what has to be the best reponse to this statement by pointing people to Don Box’s reply on his blog.
Now, don’t get me wrong, I am all for people raising the alarm when we have a security problem, but to make generalized and unfounded comments like this when we have so much in the area of security to worry about is just a waste of our time.
Hello Dear Patrick,
I just wanted to tell you how happily surprised I was with your comment in my blog. I’m going to send you a letter, but it takes some time to make a good one.Now, I’m not quite sure if this is highly related to the topic, but Channel9 (http://www.Channel9.msdn.com) has mad a bit recent couple of Videos regarding the future of VC++. I think they may wort time.
The 1st part is avalable on: http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=39280
While the 2nd is also available on: http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=39463
Most Regards,