That is exactly what I was thinking after this thread started yesterday. Although I'm not a programmer I am getting into some scripting. I use Wise scripting at work for some things and it is pretty customized to the way you build an .msi, but I suppose like any scripting language it could be used for more than it was originally designed. Anyway, I'm using WiseScript to build an installer for a program called Rational Development Studio and Rational has Perl 5.6.1 as a component that Websphere developers can use.
Point being that, as far as I know, Perl works the same on a Winders box as it does on a *nix box. There is that trouble with file paths having the "/" going the wrong direction on Winders, but I'm sure there is a decent workaround in Perl. If I could just read Perl I might understand, but Perl looks to me like some secret code.
So, please someone turn Mono/.Net into something positive that is truly multi-platform, multi-language, etc. Don't just give the whole thing lip service and compromise on functionality and principals. That is why I will wait and see before I install either Mono or .Net, unless I absolutely have to.
Brian Kelsay
"Brian Densmore" <> 02/16/05 04:56PM >>>
One more thing. I am all for using mono to embrace .Net and c#. I believe we should take this opportunity to "embrace and extend" .net and c#. We should add features to ..net and to c# to make it better, faster and more useful for the world at large. We should make these features available via GPL. What better way to take away Microsoft market share than by using their own tactics against them. Plus if we add features we can be sure they really do work in cross-browser/platforms, and they are the features that we really want and are useful.