Hello, On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:39:18 -0400, Miguel de Icaza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > > > Can you be more specific about why Java is "close [but not] good enough" for a > > > good development platform? I'm not trying to be argumentative, just to > > > understand your position. Another way to put this is, say .Net didn't exist, why > > > would I develop a product today with mono instead of Java, strictly on its own > > > merits? > > > > Almost every aspect of Mono/.NET is Java-like but better. > > P/Invoke vs JNI > > Reflection (Attributes vs. null) > > Remoting > > Value types are actually types > > The class library is (seems?) more complete (e.g. System.Web). > > Extremely easy web integration (mod_mono included, vs. Tomcat, etc.) > > Mono is open source > > CLS standard for cross-language compatibility. > Focus on cross-language compatibility from day one. > Value types (like Joshua pointed out). > C# language is an updated and cleaner version of another OO language. > > Miguel. >
I'll just add two more: ECMA and ISO standards Generics are done much better (but perhaps these were not known about to effect the original decision) _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
