RE: [Embedlets-developer] Re: Slaying the C library dragon?

[James C. <ca...@vi...>]

> So how do you propose we slay the C library dragon?
>
>There is nothing that says we can't wrap C libraries in a Java/JAPL wrapper
to
>leverage existing device driver libraries, for those platforms that will
support
>this.

Thats exactly what I propose.

James Caska
http://www.muvium.com
'Java Bred for Embedded'


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:emb...@li...]On Behalf Of
> Andrzej Jan Taramina
> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 4:20 PM
> To: emb...@li...
> Subject: [Embedlets-developer] Re: Slaying the C library dragon?
>
>
> James said:
>
> > I would argue that it is the packages that made java not the
> language. Su=
> > n built the packages.
>
> I would concur with this assesment, though the inherently more robust and
> reliable code (no pointers) that Java produces, along with it's improved
> security model did help adoption as well.
>
> > Java however has the advantage that its library can go
> further.. ie it is
> > inherintly more re-useable than C. The issue is that the C libraries are
> > 80/20 libraries so are hard to slay.
>
> So how do you propose we slay the C library dragon?
>
> There is nothing that says we can't wrap C libraries in a
> Java/JAPL wrapper to
> leverage existing device driver libraries, for those platforms
> that will support
> this.
>
>
> Andrzej Jan Taramina
> Chaeron Corporation: Enterprise System Solutions
> http://www.chaeron.com
>
>
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