Marc G. Fournier wrote:
From the Mono web site:
"Mono can run existing programs targeting the .NET or Java frameworks."
does this mean that something written for Java (or .Net) could be compiled without mods?
Mono would give someone inclined to code that a fairly easy inroad into several operating systems though ... I notice that they don't list Solaris as supported ...
We have tried some basic web service request code in C#, and it runs the same in both .NET and Mono. We also made the same WS requests in Java. There were a couple fewer source lines of code in the C# versus Java.
It does take some effort for a Visual Studio .NET developer to keep the generated code true to the ECMA C# and CLI standards (no MS-specific extensions) so that it is Mono-compatible. No such issues on the Java side.
For the "most portable" apps, Java is probably the better choice.
Josh Rovero
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