On 01/26/2012 01:05 AM, Clinton Jeffery wrote: > Did Jcon feature a Java-calling interface for interoperability? If it has > that, I am not aware of it. > > The current Unicon implementation is based on its modified iconx C-language > VM and runtime system and is not especially > Java friendly. We hope to improve its C-calling interface this year. > > I would be curious as to how many Unicon users wish they had a Java or .Net > implementation and Java-calling or > C#-calling interface.
There have certainly been times when I'd wished for a Unicon that ran inside a JVM and provided full access to Java classes the same way that Jython does. Then I could hook into packages that exist for Java that don't exist in Unicon [e.g. our 'Common Services Framework' that we use for distributed computing here]. Also, the Sun/Oracle JVM is an impressive VM and if Unicon could integrate in well enough to benefit from HotSpot and other features I would expect much better performance. However, I suspect that this is *hard*, perhaps too hard, given Unicon's expression evaluation model. That being said, I'm not sure I'd like to tie Unicon into a specific VM that's outside of public control. So, while I'd like to see an implementation of Unicon that runs under the Sun/Oracle JVM, I wouldn't want to see that as the only implementation. I can see the difficulties in maintaining two vastly different implementations. -- Steve Wampler -- [email protected] The gods that smiled on your birth are now laughing out loud. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Unicon-group mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unicon-group
