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Posted on 07-13-04 11:08 PM

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Originally posted by Drag
I have a retail version of VB5-Learner's Edition, and I can compile my EXEs with it. If you need proof, go to zophar and download my editors, Hat Trick, and Carrot.

Now, excuse my ignorance, but what is .NET, and what does it do to make VB.NET different from VB?

.NET is a new platform from Microsoft. It's in theory and some practise platform and language independent. The languages need to follow a certain standardized template (CLI, common language interface) and provide some basic building blocks. All .NET languages can compile to .NET pseudo-code, run by the CLR, common language runtime. Another part of .NET is the .NET frameworks, providing the base classes needed. All of .NET is object-oriented, and so's VB.NET. (VB1-6 is object-based, not object-oriented.)

There are currently two known implementations of the .NET framework and runtime. The first is Microsoft's official implementation, the second is an open source effort called Mono, available for amongst others Linux-like platforms, and supported by amongst others Novell.

Parasyte: These people have a need for an IDE for the VB1-6 branch. That's because the (official) compiler only comes with Microsoft's VB IDE suite. This is .NET which can be used with a standalone compiler, yes, but they would need the IDE for the VB1-6 branch because it includes the compiler.

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