>>I'm proposing that we switch poi development to C#.
This is not just a language issue, it also determines whether seperate codebases will need to be maintained for use with different VMs and their corresponding libraries. Some of the code could be developed common to both the java and .NET VM, but it would need to be limited to jdk1.1.4 for java so it can be compiled with the J# compiler for .NET. Unfortunately, this would also limit the use of other java or .NET framework libraries. I've been developing in both C# and Java for a while now, and find it easy to switch between them because of their similarities. I think mixing in other languages will make it more difficult for developers to maintain the codebase. Since many of the jakarta projects are server side technology, I see no compelling reason to switch VMs to the .NET runtime. For client side interface code, I prefer taking advantage of the performance of the .NET framework, even though for now the resulting code is Windows OS specific. Jonathan ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Subject: Re: [VOTE] Switching development to C# Author: "Jakarta General List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 4/1/2002 3:23 PM What about VB.NET? I hear its really good too! -andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Marc wrote: > >>Having become convinced by Andy that C# and .NET are the wave of the >>future, I'm proposing that we switch poi development to C#. >> >>To the Jakarta community at large: will this affect our status as a >>Jakarta project? I mean, I can see where a lot of projects are >>eventually going to follow this same path ... >> > >I'm ok with using .NET, but I think you should use BASIC as language, >not C#. .NET is language independent, and other jakarta projects >already switched to BASIC. > >Costin > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ************************************************************************ This email and any files transmitted with it are for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. This email message has been swept by a virus software product for the presence of computer viruses. ************************************************************************* -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
