Motivation for the Common Type System
Unlike Sun's single-language development strategy, which utilizes the Java platform, Microsoft's development strategy hinges on the ability to mix and match programming languages. That is, a component library written in one language can be used by an application or component library written in another language. This flexibility allows a company to choose any of several languages on a project-by-project basis.
Long before Microsoft began to design the architecture of the .NET Framework, the company had a good deal of experience with cross-language interoperability. This experience came from Microsoft's creation and evolution of the Component Object Model (COM). Microsoft created the COM technology more than ...
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