Good morning Tracy;

I have considered the ramifications of using multiple languages to create one .NET project. If this is done, the term “spaghetti code” will take on an entirely new meaning. Who will be the one who will have to debug such an application if something breaks or the application requires attention? How many people will have working knowledge of all languages used in such an instance?

On a technical side, will all CLR compliant languages have the same feature set and allow all objects to be sub classed? That could be an interesting problem to resolve should it be a concern or reality.

Trying to establish coding standards wherever I have worked has been important to me. Successful companies use standards. An example of standards is naming conventions. Just hire ten programmers to work on a project at the same time or over a period of years. Without standards you have coding hell to live with. With standards you can have a consultant or full time people working in house or off site. The code when managed correctly and standards are adhered to will be readable. Planning up front pays off in the end. Be prepared! I was a Boy Scout! Old habits are difficult to forget.

The problem with the feature of allowing any CPR compliant language to be used for a .NET application is going to be management and available talent. Others will jump up and down with joy about this feature but I will not be one of them.

Sorry if I have upset anyone. My wife says I am too negative. I counter her suggestion with, "No, I am honest"! After being married for 36 years she still tells me I am negative. Oh well, such is life. At least I smile a lot! :)

Tom



>Reading the latest CODE magazine, I just found out that VS .NET now introduces cross-language inheritance. Am I understanding this correctly to mean that if an IT shop has all of its business objects developed in C# and they hire a VB .NET developer, that developer can subclass those classes for use in his/her VB front end (or ASP for that matter)? So it doesn't matter what language the classes are designed in--I could hire a developer that can utilize any .NET language to utilize those classes? IMO, that would be a HUGE selling point for IT Shops. They would be able to pull talent from a larger base of experienced (in .NET) developers. Or did I misunderstand?
>Tracy