From: dee.earley@icode.co.uk   
      
   On 10/06/2009 23:47, Moiv wrote:   
   > It just goes against my grain that's all. I prefer to write lightweight,   
   > lightening fast applications. Microsoft appears to have developed a   
   > different philosophy: Jam pack everything with features, tools and   
   > possibilities but at the end of the day when you want to write a little app   
   > it's going to rely on this bulky framework to carry it. If the OS&  apps   
   > were trimmed down then we'd only need half the computing power... or we'd be   
   > getting double the performance with the current computing power. Then add   
   > all extras as they become required.   
      
   Erm, .NET is modular..   
   Yes, it has a very large framework installed, but so does win32...   
   You only add/reference and load the bits you actually want to use in the   
   project.   
      
   I thought the same until I started using C#   
   (Although I still use VB6 for my main ongoing project)   
      
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