Re: CNI for C

[Michael Koch <konqueror at gmx dot de>]

Am Mittwoch, 7. April 2004 22:34 schrieb Geert Bevin:
> On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 21:45, Tom Tromey wrote:
> > I hear conflicting stories about this stuff.  It would be nice to
> > have more clarity from the Gnome community about what they really
> > want...
>
> The fact that Mono exists is proof that they don't really think that
> full compatibility is important. They will never be able to provide
> everything .Net provides, will always be behind and some technology
> will simply be 100% patented or tied to Windows.
>
> > For instance, if compatibility with Sun's Java doesn't matter, then
> > by all means let us implement what is desirable.  This might mean
> > writing some simpler way to make native bindings a la PInvoke (we
> > already have
>
> If it really is as little work as it sounds to be, by all means get
> it in there!!

It always needs people interested to do. If noone currently involved in 
GCJ is interested in doing it it will never be done. Geert, will you do 
a step forward and do it ?


Michael