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A detailed benchmark posted on codeproject investigates the performance of basic operations including string handling, hash tables, math generics, simple arithmetic, sorting, file scanning and (for C#) platform invoke of native code. These are the conclusions: There is only a small performance penalty for C# on the desktop versus C++. Mono is generally slower than …continue reading C# vs C++ and .NET vs Mono vs Compact Framework performance tests I am wary about writing another post on this subject in the absence of any further news, but since there is a lot of speculation out there I thought it would be worth making a few further observations. Will Windows 8 support Silverlight and/or some other variety of .NET in its new touch-centric mode? I …continue reading Common sense on Windows 8, Silverlight and .NET A discussion with a friend about the origins of Microsoft’s .NET runtime prompted a little research. How did it come about? A quick search does not throw up any detailed accounts. Part of the problem is that much of it is internal Microsoft history, confidential at the time. One strand, mentioned here, is Colusa’s OmniVM: …continue reading Full circle at Microsoft: from the early days of .NET to the new Chakra JavaScript engine Amongst all the fuss about whether Microsoft is deprecating Silverlight or even client-side .NET, it is easy to lose sight of the other angle on this. What are the implications of Microsoft embracing HTML and JavaScript as a new first-class Windows development platform? Here’s the quote again: Today, we also talked a bit about how …continue reading Considering Windows 8 as an HTML platform There is a long discussion over on the official Silverlight forum about Microsoft’s Windows 8 demo at D9 and what was said, and not said; and another over on Channel 9, Microsoft’s video-centric community site for developers. At D9 Microsoft showed that Windows 8 has a dual personality. In one mode it has a touch-centric …continue reading Microsoft refuses to comment as .NET developers fret about Windows 8 Mono is an open source implementation of .NET, formerly sponsored by Novell, and its future following Novell’s acquisition by Attachmate has been the subject of speculation. Today Mono leader Miguel de Icaza has revealed new plans. In a blog post, he announces Xamarin, a new company focused on Mono. This company will build new commercial …continue reading Mono splits from Novell/Attachmate to form basis of new company It is a busy time for cross-platform toolkits. Adobe has released AIR 2.6, and reading the list of what’s new you would think it was mainly for mobile, since the notes focus on new features for Apple iOS, though AIR is also a runtime for Windows, Linux and desktop Mac. New features for iOS include …continue reading Adobe AIR 2.6, MonoMac 1.0, cross-platform is not dead yet Microsoft has announced the release candidate of Entity Framework 4.1, the data persistence library for .NET, with a go-live licence. The final release to the web is expected in around one month’s time. The big new feature is code-first, where you do not need to define a database schema or even a database model. You …continue reading Microsoft’s code-first Entity Framework 4.1 nearly done There is a certain amount of fuss over the fact that Apple’s latest mobile Safari does not give full performance when either embedded in another application, or pinned to the home screen. It would help if Apple were more forthcoming on the issue; but in general you cannot assume that embedded browser components will behave …continue reading What’s the story with IE9 and embedded Internet Explorer? Miguel de Icaza’s report from the Game Developer Conference is upbeat, rightly so in my view as usage of Mono is continuing to build, not only in game development with Unity, a development tool that uses Mono as its scripting engine, but also for mobile development for Apple’s iOS with Monotouch and for Android with …continue reading Mono project: no plans for cross-platform WPF |
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