Scotts Valley, California-based Borland said this week that field tests for the environment, due this summer, would begin in the second quarter. By then Boland said it should also know which languages the suite will eventually support.
Borland has so far remained tight-lipped over .NET Development Environment’s language support, saying simply it will be a multi-language environment. Partner Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft Corp’s C Sharp could be one language included.
The company is able to implement C Sharp since the language’s architecture is available as a standard, ratified by the European Computer Manufacturers’ Association (ECMA).
It’s no secret we are looking at it, senior vice president and chief strategy officer Ted Shelton said of C Sharp. The chances for C Sharp support increased this week as Borland announced it has become the first vendor to license Microsoft’s .NET Framework software development kit (SDK), for the .NET Development Environment among other tools.
Source: Computerwire
