> For symbian, it might be worth while porting the runtime to java and > just reusing the class libraries. The OS calls then are all those entry > points that are listed in metadata/icall.c.
Interesting idea. On the other hand, it's possible to use off-line AOT compiler, something like Stryon iNET, that compiles IL to Java sourcecode or directly to bytecodes + Java libs to emulate .NET framework. Unfortunately Java under Symbian is not very fast :-) And at the same time I'm personally not very excited about their achievements with iNET product. In fact, I think that under Symbian (or PalmOS and the likes) the main advantage of using C#/CLR is that it's ideally suited to replace C++ on these platforms, not Java. For things like games programming etc. Sergey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick Porter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 2:36 PM Subject: Re: Fw: [Mono-list] How difficult mono porting to other platforms?e.g. Symbian > On Sat, 2002-08-10 at 11:03, Serge wrote: > > Hello, > > > > > I was just thinking at how difficult would be porting the mono core to other >platform (not unix-like) like SYMBIAN > > > > In the case of Symbian, it's difficult, IMO. > > Mono depends on some libraries, so porting these libs is the first step. > > To make such port practical it would be desirable to reuse as much of the system >resources as possible - such as Unicode stuff. > > Symbian's native APIs are C++, so some adapter library will be needed. > > I assume you're interested in porting to real device, not emulator, so maybe this >will require some Thumb support. > > > > For symbian, it might be worth while porting the runtime to java and > just reusing the class libraries. The OS calls then are all those entry > points that are listed in metadata/icall.c. > > (Just a random thought from a non-java hacker :) ) > > - Dick > > > _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
