Juval Lowy is a software architect and the principal of IDesign, specializing in .NET architecture consulting and advanced .NET training. Juval is Microsoft's Regional Director for the Silicon Valley, working with Microsoft on helping the industry adopt .NET. His latest book is Programming .NET Components 2nd Edition (O'Reilly, 2005). Juval participates in the Microsoft internal design reviews for future versions of .NET. Juval published numerous articles, regarding almost every aspect of .

XML-RPC.NET is fully Common Language Specification (CLS) compliant. This means that it can be used from any .NET language which is also CLS compliant, for example C#, VB.NET, or Managed Extensions for C++.

Generic medications are manufactured in Canada under stringent regulation of the Canadian Government and are used by millions of Canadians daily.

CLS = Common Language Specification. This is a subset of the CTS which all .NET languages are expected to support. The idea is that any program which uses CLS-compliant types can interoperate with any .NET program written in any language. In theory this allows very tight interop between different .NET languages - for example allowing a C# class to inherit from a VB class.

Without generics, if you would like to develop general-purpose data structures, collections or utility classes, you would have to base all those on object. For example, here is the object-based IList interface, found in the System.

Generics have native support in IL and the CLR itself. When you compile generic server-side code, the compiler compiles it into IL, just like any other type. However, the IL only contains parameters or place holders for the actual specific types. In addition, the metadata of the generic server contains generic information such as constraints. The client-side compiler uses that generic metadata to support type safety.

NET generics work great for container classes. But what about other uses? Well, it turns out that .NET generics have a major limitation - they require the type parameter to be constrained. For example, you cannot do this: static class Disposer<T> { public static void Dispose(T obj) { obj.Dispose(); } } The C# compiler will refuse to compile this code, as the type T has not been constrained, and therefore only supports the methods of System.Object. Dispose is not a method on System.

Yes. The FDA requires that all drugs be safe and effective and that their benefits outweigh their risks. Since generics use the same active ingredients and are shown to work the same way in the body, they have the same risks and benefits as their brand name counterparts.

Do I have to answer that? Let's just say that I don't know very many people who enjoy being on a leash (my husband and I don’t lean that way), and I am no different. I have to psych myself up to run a full 12 hours of TPN, but I make sure I do that at least once a week. Since I work 10-hour days, I usually get about ten hours in on work nights, and do the full runs on my days off (when I can sit in my recliner and thus avoid those fabulous [IV] line dances).

While generics often look different than the brand name product, the generics provide the same active ingredient, therefore the same results.

Well, when you break it down, it isn't so expensive. If you were going to buy our entire library individually it would cost you over $17,000 and, to remain current, you would want to upgrade that every two years for 35% of the cost. So, the current price is actually a huge discount. You are getting all the CME and educational review materials that you will ever need, for the length of your practice, in one payment. It works out to less than two dollars per credit hour.

CCIL has introduced cross currency settlement for Member Banks in India by availing third party services offered by ABN AMRO Bank. By aggregating volumes, CCIL is in a position to operationally simplify the process for banks and offer CLS services at a competitive price. The main highlights of CCIL???s product offering are: Minimum system changes.

Generics offer the same efficacy as originator drugs at a significant discount, thereby taking some pressure off increasingly cost-conscious public health systems. Lower prices also make medications accessible to individuals that might otherwise not be able to afford them.

Generics are offered at affordable prices, because initial basic and clinical research programs are not required, thus reducing investment. Combining that with globally optimized distribution channels, Sandoz is able to make cost savings possible without sacrificing quality.

No. We have more than 1,000 available. If a generic does not exist, ask your doctor if he knows of an alternative drug that has a generic available.

A number of individuals at (or formerly at) Sun Microsystems patiently answered countless question I posed regarding Java generics. My thanks to Gilad Bracha, Neal Gafter, and Peter von der Ahé. Suggestions and corrections, that inspired changes in this FAQ, have been provided by the following people (in alphabetic order): Eric Armstrong, Richard Grin, Markus Keller, Richard Kennard, Sascha Kratky, Keith Lea, Mike Lehmann, Maurice Naftalin, Joe Soroka, Frank Tip, Phil Wadler.

No, not really. There are some similarities, but there are also fundamental differences. See the .NET FAQ for more details. I recommend the following books, either because I personally like them, or because I think they are well regarded by other C# developers. (Note that I get a commission from Amazon if you buy a book after following one of these links.) Regarded by many as the best all round C#/.NET book. Wide coverage including Windows Forms, COM interop, ADO.NET, ASP.NET etc.

Because BitWise is only used for transmission of data (not storage of data), our access controls and logs of who is granted what rights (i.e. who has access to use BitWise and thus receive the data) is sufficient for HIPAA in most environments. That is to say, the information being transmitted over BitWise must come from somewhere--which would be your HIPAA-compliant environment; BitWise is only used for transmission, and our transmission encryption and access controls meet HIPAA guidelines.

Up to now we are very close, all interfaces are in place, we might only have to fight against some remaining bugs ... Therefore, we expanded the source directory tree to make it easy to add new stuff, and to build several versions of the library (and the corresponding tools). So if anybody has a widget, or an application, to offer which can advance us in the 2.x or CDE areas, please E-mail us. Somewhere along 1997 we actually started building 2.0 compliant widgets.