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- CLR
- Common Language Runtime The runtime engine in Microsoft's .NET platform. The CLR compiles and executes programs in Microsoft Intermediate Language MSIL. The counterpart to the CLR for...
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- Want a peek at a non-Windows operating system from Microsoft?
- Want a peek at a non-Windows operating system from Microsoft?What is it with peopleThat just can't seem to use a "Z" where required?Well done!nt9.8!! NTnt"fr0thy-OS - Your Thinking, My Poisson"Your thinking, my FISH?????LMAOOne of the funniest things I've read on this site.::snicker::Given how well it worked for Borg Gates and...
- Tags: .NET, Middleware, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., CLR, CLR virtual machine, operating system, non-Windows operating System, Singularity, managed code, virtual machine
- Discussion threads 2008-03-04
- Microsoft creates GWT clone
- While the GWT conference was going on in San Francisco, Microsoft announced its own take on the concept: Volta. GWT compiles Java source code into Javascript, and now Volta does the same thing for C# and other .NET languages. "JavaScript is just an assembly language," says Live Labs product manager...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Intermediate Language, JavaScript, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Tier, CLR, GWT, Volta, Upshot, Silverlight 1.1, .Net, C#, Web Browsers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Programming Languages, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2007-12-05
- Microsoft rechristens Silverlight 1.1 as 'Silverlight 2.0'
- Microsoft rechristens Silverlight 1.1 as 'Silverlight 2.0'A quick correctionI just wanted to point out that the standard .NET languages (C#, VB.NET) will be supported in Silverlight 2.0 by a portable CLR framework and not by the DLR framework. The portable CLR framework (not to be confused with the compact...
- Tags: .NET, Middleware, C#, Programming languages, Microsoft development tools, Microsoft Silverlight, CLR, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-29
- ASPNetVideo (msi)
- ASP.Net Video - The ASPNetVideo Web Control Suite allows you to add video files and streaming media into your ASP.Net ASPX Web forms. The API fully supports VB.Net, C# and all other common language runtime languages. Almost all video formats are supported, including: QuickTime Player (*.mov) , Real-Player (*.ram and...
- Tags: Microsoft ASP.NET, Video, CLR, Corporate Communications, .Net, Middleware, Digital Media, Marketing, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2007-11-20
- Great interview with Scott Guthrie at Mix UK 07
- Tim Anderson just posted a fantastic interview with Scott Guthrie from Mix UK 07. They dig into a lot of cool technical details about Silverlight, WPF, and ASP.NET, which is why I think it's so valuable. Tim does a really good job of asking fairly technical questions and Scott is...
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, CLR, Tim, .Net, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2007-09-20
- CLR Managed Debugger (mdbg) Sample (EXE)
- The CLR Managed Debugger sample illustrates how to build a managed debugger using the included managed wrappers for the CLR Debugging Services APIs ICorDebug. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: CLR, .Net, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2007-08-30
- CLR Profiler for the .NET Framework (EXE)
- The CLR Profiler includes a number of very useful views of the allocation profile, including a histogram of allocated types, allocation and call graphs, a time line showing GCs of various generations and the resulting state of the managed heap after those collections, and a call tree showing per-method allocations...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET Framework, Allocation, CLR, CLR Profiler, .Net, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2007-08-23
- A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Tolesto
- I'm resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsoft's myriad code names. Some of these code names might be familiar to Microsoft watchers; others hopefully will be brand-new.Microsoft code...
- Tags: Silverlight (wpf/e), Development tools, Code names, .Net Framework
- Blog posts 2007-08-03
- Bubblemark RIA Benchmark Now Does JavaFX, AIR, Silverlight, and Flex
- Bubblemark RIA Benchmark Now Does JavaFX, AIR, Silverlight, and FlexJavascript/QiuckTime coming to a web site near youThese benchmarks will need to revised again in the not to distant future with new entries added.Startup Time?They should add startup time (time from link-click to run) to their metrics. Man... JavaFX took...
- Tags: .NET, Middleware, Microsoft Silverlight, Bubblemark RIA Benchmark, Silverlight 1.1, JavaFX, CLR
- Discussion threads 2007-07-18
- Dissecting Silverlight
- Two new technologies from Microsoft should be on the radar of every Rich Internet Application developer. The first is Silverlight 1.0, a canvas-like control which is programmed by browser JavaScript. Its fairly light weight (1.4M download), and works in all major browsers on Windows and MacOSX no Linux yet. It...
- Tags: AJAX, General, Java, Linux, Microsoft, Programming, Scripting, Sun
- Blog posts 2007-05-01
- Mix '07's sleeper announcement: Cross-platform CLR
- Mix '07's sleeper announcement: Cross-platform CLRSemantic discontinuityIt's not "cross-platform;" it still only runs on MS systems. However, it does work with non-MS browsers [u]on[/u] MS systems.That may well be Microsoft's definition of "cross-platform," but since not everyone uses Microsoft's definition yet it would be appreciated if journalists (not naming...
- Tags: .NET, Middleware, Microsoft Outlook, Operating systems, Problem Here, EULA, CLR, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight
- Discussion threads 2007-04-30
- Mix '07's sleeper announcement: Cross-platform CLR
- I agree with my ZDNet blogging colleague Ryan Stewart. The biggest Mix 07 announcement made on opening day of this weeks show was one that Microsoft didnt call out in any of its own press releases: Microsoft is making a version of its Common Language Runtime CLR available cross-platform. ...
- Tags: .Net Framework, Code names, Corporate strategy, Development tools, MIX07, Silverlight (wpf/e)
- Blog posts 2007-04-30
- My lunch with Ray Ozzie and Scott Guthrie
- Jeff Sandquist of Microsoft set up a lunch for a few of us with Scott Guthrie and Ray Ozzie here at Mix07. It was a great group of people including Richard MacManus his thoughts on the lunch are up here, Walt Ritscher, Lee Brimelow, Evan Williams, Linda Weinman, and...
- Tags: Microsoft, Mix07, Rich Internet Applications
- Blog posts 2007-04-30
- The scoop on Silverlight for developers
- The speculation is over and today is the day Microsoft takes the developer covers off of Silverlight. There are a bunch of announcements today, so Ill break them down one by one, but for those in a hurry, heres the summary. First, Microsoft is announcing that the CLR will be...
- Tags: Silverlight, Rich Media, Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft
- Blog posts 2007-04-30
- Microsoft to roll out dynamic-language layer for .Net
- Microsoft is readying a new software layer designed to allow dynamic languages to integrate more easily and tightly with its .Net Framework, according to sources. Microsoft is aiming to unveil the new technology -- which it may christen as the "Dynamic Language Runtime" DLR -- at its Mix...
- Tags: .Net Framework, Development tools, Visual Studio Orcas
- Blog posts 2007-04-24
- 'Volta': Microsoft's dev platform in the Cloud?
- Next week is Microsofts much-touted Mix 07 conference. Microsoft has been saying for months that the company will share its vision for its Live development platform at the Las Vegas show. No one from Microsoft is ready or willing to talk publicly about the details yet. Soma Somasegar, the...
- Tags: Web 2.0, Development tools, Corporate strategy, Code names, WPF/e, Windows Live, SQL Server, Research, Google, Database, .Net Framework
- Blog posts 2007-04-23
- Microsoft Tech Summit: The 'non-fanboys' descend on Redmond
- Microsoft is big on inviting not just its customers and partners, but non-believers, too, to visit the Microsoft campus and discover for themselves that Softies are people, too. (And who better to ask than Java, PHP and Linux developers -- as Microsoft execs seemingly did several times during...
- Tags: WPF/e, Windows server, Windows client, Web 2.0, Visual Studio Orcas, Shared Source, Linux, Development tools, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2007-03-30
- "WPF/E" not shipping first release with C
- "WPF/E" not shipping first release with Cless than a year is a disasterIf true, it is absolutely incredible that WPF/e is not shipping 1st time around with C#. I can't believe it will be that big a job for Adobe to add a vectorised markup to their products. What's going...
- Tags: .NET, Middleware, Programming languages, Andrew, XBAP, C, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, CLR support, CLR, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation
- Discussion threads 2007-02-21
- "WPF/E" not shipping first release with C# and CLR support
- Microsoft is talking about its Expression Studio product at the Future of Web Apps event in London and Tim Anderson had some interesting information from some of the folks working the Microsoft booth: A couple of notes on Microsoft, a newcomer to this conference and showing off...
- Tags: .NET 3.0, Expression Studio, Microsoft, Rich Internet Applications, WFP/E, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere
- Blog posts 2007-02-21
- Boost programming productivity: Define re-usable algorithms with interfaces and generics in CLR and C# 2.0
- Generics, a new feature in version 2.0 of the C# language and the common language runtime CLR, has the power to make programmers extremely productive via code and algorithm re-use. Generics also provides the following big benefits to developers: source code protection; type safety; cleaner code; and better performance. Discover...
- Tags: Algorithm, Microsoft Press, CLR, Programming, C#, .Net, Programming Languages, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- Book chapters 2006-08-10
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