Christopher Cain at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Generic interface, of course :)
>
> Niiiiice ...
What's the point of doing otherwise?
>> But I didn't say I'm going to do it... :)
>
> D'oh! Maybe I'll have to send my men into your home again, and maybe
> this time they steal your primary mod_webapp development box ... you
> know, free up a little of your development time. =)
Yeah, then Craig will send a couple of nuclear missiles over Colorado (and
London :)
> [...] Anyway, sorry to hear about your situation. That blows.
Just my Win32/RedHat 7.1 box...
> Seriously, though, based on your knowledge of the codebase, how much
> effort would you estimate it to be? And how hard would you estimate the
> C portion to be (assuming we didn't use JNI or some other Java/C
> abstraction layer)? Would anyone else have the inclination and time to
> have a go at it, too? Where would be the best place for development to
> happen?
I'd say _at_least_ two weeks to come up with a very-very-very rough
implementation (based on what was there last year, and what I can remember).
I just re-downloaded it, and they made even better, check out jikesapi.h and
check out the C++ class JikesAPI... Very well designed, indeed, everything
you need is in there...
FileReader and FileWriter would have to be represented in Java, as well as
something to handle JikesError, but then, it would be fairly done.
The biggest changes would be in jikes.cpp (where everything is created,
basically).
BUT, the problem is then to strengthen it. C is a bitch, takes the same
amount of time to write, and 10 times more to debug it (also, no throw
Exception means a LOT of gdb involved)
To get with something fairly working, I'd give it 1/2 months...
> [...] Finally, a way be a real live MTV "Jackass" without setting myself on
> fire.
Or wrestling a bear :)
Pier
