Re: Translating Java commons Libs to C# commons libs

2008-01-29 Thread Simon Kitching
Hi Robert, If the question is whether or not to host/develop such stuff here in the commons project, I would think it unlikely. As Henri noted, most of these libs would need to be significantly rewritten, rather than just "translated". And I expect that there is not a lot of c# knowledge (or i

Re: Translating Java commons Libs to C# commons libs

2008-01-29 Thread Henri Yandell
Definitely of interest I think - if components make sense being translated. Only a few would be directly ported I think - most of the others would be a case of using the general idea and writing from scratch. Hen On Jan 29, 2008 8:37 AM, Robert Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No I have not

Re: Translating Java commons Libs to C# commons libs

2008-01-29 Thread Robert Johnson
No I have not tried IKVM yet. This is on my list of things to try. What I would like to do is start using my C# skills to actually create a translation of the code. I have quite a bit of time on my hands and would like to use my skill to contribute to the project. - Robert On Jan 29, 2008 11:24

Re: Translating Java commons Libs to C# commons libs

2008-01-29 Thread Antonio Petrelli
2008/1/29, Robert Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I would like to translate some of the Java commons libraries to IL libraries > for C# to use with Mono & .Net. Would this be of interest to the Apache > commons community? OT question: did you try with IKVM? Antonio -

Translating Java commons Libs to C# commons libs

2008-01-29 Thread Robert Johnson
Hi, I would like to translate some of the Java commons libraries to IL libraries for C# to use with Mono & .Net. Would this be of interest to the Apache commons community? - Robert