On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 01:14:40PM -0700, Mark Mitchell wrote: > Joe Buck wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 12:10:27PM -0700, Kirill Kononenko wrote: > >> One of the many options is in using the Common Intermediate Language > >> and .NET to store portable programs. Does this sound like a good idea > >> to you? > > > > To the extent that the effect is to create a portable binary format, > > I expect that the FSF would say "no, this is not a good idea at all!". > > This is because they seem to promote the sharing and modification of > > source code, not bytecodes for .Net or JVM. > > On the other hand, the FSF seems to understand that even free software > developers do want to share binaries, including things like shared > libraries that are intermediate steps between source code and a final > program.
Of course. I didn't mean to suggest not supporting CIL/.NET, or JVM, they certainly have their uses. But if the reason to advocate them is to "store portable programs", people can legitimately take issue with that.
