tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203063759820106893.post1133125912264303284..comments2023-03-25T08:30:26.602-04:00Comments on A Moment of Zen: More Exciting Updates on Mono/AndroidJeffrey Stedfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12271561115384429651noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203063759820106893.post-91231844996837276552009-02-15T09:51:00.000-05:002009-02-15T09:51:00.000-05:00The runtime should work on Linux and Solaris. It ...The runtime should work on Linux and Solaris. It is only the SDK that is missing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203063759820106893.post-33052963196139076812009-02-14T20:13:00.000-05:002009-02-14T20:13:00.000-05:00...And people wonder why there's a need for Mono ;......And people wonder why there's a need for Mono ;-)<BR/><BR/>Seriously though, Java could be a much better platform than it is today if they would just relax their control over it a bit and allow the good ideas in. But Sun just keep disappointing over and over :-(<BR/><BR/>Have they even released JavFX for Linux or Solaris yet?Jeffrey Stedfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12271561115384429651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203063759820106893.post-86869009182801969712009-02-14T19:35:00.000-05:002009-02-14T19:35:00.000-05:00JNA was produced by community members, sadly it is...JNA was produced by community members, sadly it is not part of Java yet.<BR/><BR/>They are still fighting good ideas. Probably because it was not invented by them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203063759820106893.post-26876589136366485462009-02-14T15:30:00.000-05:002009-02-14T15:30:00.000-05:00So... after fighting tooth and nail against Micros...So... after fighting tooth and nail against Microsoft's J/Invoke, Sun eventually caved and implemented P/Invoke for Java and called it JNA.Jeffrey Stedfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12271561115384429651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203063759820106893.post-15350700878486511572009-02-14T15:16:00.000-05:002009-02-14T15:16:00.000-05:00Erm, JNA is a lot less horrible : https://jna.dev....Erm, JNA is a lot less horrible : https://jna.dev.java.net/<BR/>Would probably need work for Dalvik..<BR/><BR/>And Javalution Struct & Union classes are great for accessing C allocated bits of memory or binary dumped files painlessly: <BR/>http://javolution.org/api/javolution/io/Struct.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com