--- Travis Bemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 09:04:51AM -0800, Matt Dorre > wrote: > > > > --- Timm Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have a hard time seeing how something like > > > > the freenet project can say with a straight > face > > > that > > > > it's done in java so that it's cross platform. > > > > > > Read Ian's orginal paper on the Freenet web > site. > > > Java was mostly used > > > because it makes development easier, not because > of > > > being cross platform. > > > After all, this is a Free Software project. In > Free > > > Software, there is no > > > real gain in having the binaries being cross > > > platform, since the source can > > > always be recompiled for a new platform. > > > > > > > Well heck, why not write it in visual basic? I > hear > > that's really easy. Considering that all but one > of > > the JVMs are covered by proprietary licenses > anyway. > > This'd be even WORSE than the current arrangement, > where it is written > in Java! Now you've tied it to a PURELY proprietary > language, on a > single platform, with no hope of just creating a > common crossplatform > file and network interface over the native OS > interface (which is what > you'd do in C)! >
I think perl was the best idea so far. The Visual Basic thing was a joke.. maybe some people didn't get it.. it was a joke as far as, if they did dev in VB instead, I'd be no worse off than I am with this totally awesome "java" language that's "cross platform" heh. I'll look into gcj although I'm suspecting I will need a working JVM anyway for that to work.. if not then great but if so then I'm just screwed by the java conspiracy. Matt __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ freenet-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/tech
