Re: [kaffe] Java-Gnome: jni or cni

2004-03-12 Thread Chris Gray
On Friday 12 March 2004 01:23, Per Bothner wrote: > Chris Gray wrote: > > On Thursday 11 March 2004 18:44, Mark Howard wrote: > >>The big question is: should we switch to CNI? > > > > No. > > Though I'm obviously in the CNI "camp", I tend to agree. > > But I think the folloup-question is: should ja

Re: [Sablevm-developer] Re: [kaffe] Java-Gnome: jni or cni

2004-03-11 Thread listas
Hi, > Anyone who uses the java-gnome libraries in a GUI-based Java > application is risking tying that application into GNOME. By contrast, > if they use Swing or SWT, they can easily port the application across a > wide range of supported platforms. Let me point that I can run popular GTK apps

Re: [Sablevm-developer] Re: [kaffe] Java-Gnome: jni or cni

2004-03-11 Thread Stephen Crawley
Mark, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > On Thursday 11 March 2004 18:44, Mark Howard wrote: > > The big question is: should we switch to CNI? > > No. I agree with Chris 100%. [Or perhaps I should say 110% :-)] JNI is the standard for portably calling C / C++ from Java. It works well enough for the jo

Re: [kaffe] Java-Gnome: jni or cni

2004-03-11 Thread Chris Gray
On Thursday 11 March 2004 18:44, Mark Howard wrote: > Dear Java Developers, > > I am writing to you on behalf of the java-gnome project for advice > regarding a major change we are currently considering. I apologise if > this is off topic for this mailing list but we really need input and you > are

Re: [kaffe] Java-Gnome: jni or cni

2004-03-11 Thread Per Bothner
Chris Gray wrote: On Thursday 11 March 2004 18:44, Mark Howard wrote: The big question is: should we switch to CNI? No. Though I'm obviously in the CNI "camp", I tend to agree. But I think the folloup-question is: should java-gnome switch from JNI-only implementation to some kind of dual JNI-or-C