platforms

C#'s edge over VB

What in C#.NET makes it more suitable for some projects than VB.NET? Performance?, Capabilities?, Libraries/Components?, Reputation?, Reliability? Maintainability?, Ease? Basically anything C# can do, that is impossible using VB, or vice versa. Things you just have to consider when choosing C#/VB for a project. ...

Does Erlang work on any non-x86 processors?

Does Erlang work on any non-x86 platforms? Microcontrollers for instance? I think it'd be neat to get a bunch of these and put Erlang code on them. Or does it work on GPUs? With Erlangs concurrent nature, it should be able to properly use a GPU. Or is CUDA pretty much it (at least for NVidia cards)? ...

What advantages does Windows Embedded Enterprise give you?

My company has built a machine that measures wedge and roundness of lenses by reading and interacting with very precise indicators, motors, and a switch panel. The interface for the machine is a WPF application and it runs on Windows Vista on a normal PC bought from the store. I've never worked with Windows Embedded, but it sounds to me...

Enterprise Platform Statistics

Does anybody know of anywhere where one might discover the relative levels of use of different enterprise platforms? eg. percentage of J2EE vs. Spring vs. .NET vs. the various other (sometimes more obscure) platforms. I have seen lots of comparisons of Java vs. C# and so on, but I am not interested in the Desktop or Web side, I am talki...

Implementation of APIs on diferent platforms

OK, this is basicly just about any non-default OS API running on all different OS. But for my example let´s consider platform Windows, API SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer). Actually this question came to my mind when I was reading about SDL. Originally, I thought that on Windows (and basicly any other OS) you must use OS API to make cert...