Is a c# platform independent language

<i><b>Originally posted by : basker.,mca (basker@onebox.com)</b></i><br /><br />Dear ,<br /><br /> I am b.basker,mca student from india.I want to know whether c# will beat java<br />by means of platform independent facility or in other ways.and i also want to know<br />whether microsoft will survive through this language and will it get a good name?<br /><br /><br /> Yours<br /> b.basker.,mca

<i><b>Originally posted by : Faiz Shaikh (sifaiz@dsqsoft.com)</b></i><br />Bhaskar,<br />to reply to your question -- C# is as yet not platform independent, but it has every potential of becoming so.<br /><br />at the heart of the .NET platform is CLR, which is something similar to a JVM...except that CLR have been developed only for the WINx platforms as yet. <br /><br /><br />------------<br />basker.,mca at 8/8/2000 5:27:12 AM<br /><br /><br />Dear ,<br /><br /> I am b.basker,mca student from india.I want to know whether c# will beat java<br />by means of platform independent facility or in other ways.and i also want to know<br />whether microsoft will survive through this language and will it get a good name?<br /><br /><br /> Yours<br /> b.basker.,mca