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i worked on .net before it was .net. we didn't have a name for the runtime, we (a very large we) just forked the J++ compiler and started hacking, calling the J
by rubyrescue 14y ago
i worked on .net before it was .net. we didn't have a name for the runtime, we (a very large we) just forked the J++ compiler and started hacking, calling the J++ language "COOL", for Common Object Oriented Language. For a long time the runtime was only usable by building executable files with the "jvc" compiler but compiled C#. We started a VB fork that compiled to the "clr". Yet still no name. At the end of the day it was purely a marketing decision.
- ConstantineXVI 14y agoCurious, was the CLR also built off of the Microsoft JVM? And is any of the original code for either still rattling around inside modern .NET?
- rubyrescue 14y agototally separate people who had never worked on the jvm for legal reasons
- jroseattle 14y agoYep, I remember COOL as well. And yes, marketing strikes again. :-(