> 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." > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > -- Joseph A Kern [email protected]
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