> But I'm guessing, the statement "use java on android" is equally true as
the statement "use .Net on windows."

We use Davlik on Android not Java. (This was a paid endorsement from the
Google Legal Department*)

* I wish.

On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 12:00 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (lopser) <
[email protected]> wrote:

> > From: [email protected] [mailto:discuss-
> > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Yves Dorfsman
> >
> > For
> > .net apps, you can only install them on MS Windows machine, while a Java
> > apps
> > can be installed anywhere the full JVM (graphical) can be run.
>
> This is again, mostly untrue.
>
> Let's put it this way:  You develop a java app, and you only test it on
> one platform.   Your user comes along with a different platform and tries
> to launch it.  Guess what's going to happen?  Most likely it won't work.
>  But if the developer spends a tiny incremental amount of time testing on
> the other platform, then it's mostly reusable code with just some
> idiosyncratic tweak to make it cross-platform compatible.
>
> Same is true with .Net.  I find, as I sit here day after day, coding .Net,
> I develop on .Net and debug on .Net.  And when it works, then I click on
> Debug in OSX or Linux.  Visual Studio reaches out to the machines where
> I've installed the linux or mac remote debugger, and it executes the code
> remotely, and invariably, it doesn't work on the first try.  But after a
> trivial tweak, it all works cross-platform.
>
> In this regard, Java == .Net
>
> In fact, Java == .Net so amazingly across the board, that to me, the most
> significant factor in choosing java vs .Net is how well you like the
> process of applying regular updates, and how well you like the IDE.  Of
> course, sometimes there will be a prevailing factor - if you're coding a
> windows-only application, then .Net is the winner.  But aside from that ...
>
> Heck, Xamarin's (the developer of mono) new business model is to sell .Net
> compatibility to Android and iOS.  So even the argument of "use java on
> android" isn't completely accurate.  But I'm guessing, the statement "use
> java on android" is equally true as the statement "use .Net on windows."
>
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