[Paul Prescod] > It is my gut feeling that the only way to get to a common runtime (if it > is possible at all) is to take the development out of the hands of any > language group and put it in a trusted third party's hands. Na. There are two ways it can happen: 1. A well-funded project with this as one of its primary goals. 2. Any sort of project, funded or not, whose lead(s) is(are) obsessed with making it happen. #1 may be close to MS .NET's approach, proving in part that the "common" in "common runtime" is still a matter of manipulable definition <wink>. Put in many hands, it's the Industry Consortia model, famous for producing large publicity/result ratios. If it's just an afterthought, or a "nice to have", or even a "it's one of the last things we'll give up -- but, ya, in the end it's expendable", it really has slim chance of surviving the difficulties. #2 is the best shot. Alas, few people can *decide* to become an insane visionary and make it stick <wink>. craziness-is-a-gift-from-the-gods-ly y'rs - tim
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