Win32 vs. .NET development

[tony tony chopper]

By the way, for the person asking to see an impressive .NET application, take a look at:

I think it's actually the one I've tried, and that made me think .NET wasn't much impressive


So what about the rumors of .NET slowly fading out win32? If what you say about latency is true, it's not gonna happen, is it?

[markheath]

So what about the rumors of .NET slowly fading out win32? If what you say about latency is true, it's not gonna happen, is it?

I don't think win32 is going anywhere (or to put it another way there will always be a non .NET way of accessing Windows APIs). However, the bundled FCL that comes with .NET is in most cases a much easier way for developers to access the Windows APIs, and to write apps that by default will comply with many security, usability, accessibility & localization guidelines etc.

I read a few articles by journalists expressing surprise that Windows Vista wasn't written entirely in .NET, as though this was some big failure for MS, but in reality it was a complete failure on the part of those writers to understand what .NET is intended for.

[tony tony chopper]

sounds good enough