When you compare two platforms as Java and C you must think better about which it agrees to him functionally to your application, if your problem is portability for different equipment and operating systems and you do not have necessity to operate to the maximum the resources own of each hardware, then you select something like Java. If your desire is speed and efficient use of the native resources of the hardware and the operating system your platform it is C.
Regards Miguel Conde ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Combee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 10:13 AM Subject: Re: C/C++ and java > At 03:19 PM 9/27/2004, you wrote: > >I would like to know the advantages/disadvantages of using either C/C++ or > >Java(J2ME) for Palm programming. Would the use of one language (ie Java) > >preclude me from doing certain things in the Palm environment. Would > >anyone provide some comments. > > The core API of Palm OS is C, and the Java implementations on Palm OS are > written in C. To make full use of the device, I'd suggest C/C++ > development, as not all features can be used from Java. There's no support > for the Java Bluetooth APIs right now, for example. > > > -- Ben Combee, Technical Lead, Developer Services, PalmSource, Inc. > "Combee on Palm OS" weblog: http://palmos.combee.net/ > Developer Fourm Archives: http://news.palmos.com/read/all_forums/ > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
