Siverlight Javascript Compiler Written in VB.NET

Published 25 May 07 03:40 PM

Paul posted an interesting tid-bit of news yesterday if you missed it, yes it's true, the JavaScript compiler they wrote for Silverlight 1.1 is written in Visual Basic! Score for the home team! :-)

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# Dave said on June 8, 2007 10:53 PM:

If they want the Silverlight Javascript Compiler to go faster, they should automatically convert it to C#.  There is a good VB.Net to C# Converter here: www.vbconversions.net

# Beth Massi said on June 11, 2007 11:39 AM:

Hi Dave,

I don't think you understand the point here. First off, C# could not be used here because it lacks dynamic support that VB has. And second, there is no speed difference between VB and C# as it compiles down to the same IL.

-B

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About Beth Massi

Beth Massi is a Program Manager on the VS Community Team working with the Visual Basic Team producing developer content on MSDN and her blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/bethmassi). As a VB community champion and a member of the Microsoft community she helps run a .NET user group in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a frequent speaker at various software development events. Before Microsoft she was a Senior Systems Architect at a health care software product company and was a Microsoft Solutions Architect MVP. Over the last decade she has worked on distributed applications and frameworks using Visual Basic.NET, ASP.NET, SQL-Server, and Visual FoxPro. She has worked on various projects including developing object-oriented middle-tier frameworks, COM, .NET, Web and Windows-based applications using Microsoft development tools for a variety of businesses. She loves teaching, mountain biking, and modifying cars.
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