The problem is not with the APIs but with the way the libraries work underneath the APIs. The newer .Net replaces the underlying libraries.
The situation may not be as bad as it sounds. I need to do more research to see what version of .Net we need and what versions were shipped with each OS and also what service packs updated. David Ashley On Tue, 2014-02-11 at 09:55 -0500, Michael Lueck wrote: > David Ashley wrote: > > Later versions of .Net replace the > > original libraries for ones that work like Linux (99% at least). > > > (sssiiggghh...) That is a most unfortunate situation. > > So all of a sudden, to install ooRexx, ooRexx will be dragging along .Net > onto target boxes. Bloat, bloat, bloat... > > So within .Net, MS did mapping between the native TCP/IP stack that comes > with the Windows OS and publishes an API that is more similar to what Linux > natively supplies? > > Aaaahhh... and Mono is an OSS/FS implementation of .Net... so perhaps ooRexx > could harvest intellectual property from Mono, thereby bypass .Net as a > dependency? > > Blessings, > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Android apps run on BlackBerry 10 Introducing the new BlackBerry 10.2.1 Runtime for Android apps. Now with support for Jelly Bean, Bluetooth, Mapview and more. Get your Android app in front of a whole new audience. Start now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=124407151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel
