[TriLUG] Re: Managed languages (was .NET development on Linux)

[Nathan Conrad]

One of the major problems that I've found with Java on Linux is the
availability of java compilers for computers other than x86. I know
that there is the blackdown port for PowerPC, but this is the extent
of non-x86 Java that I've found. Gcj, as far as I know might work on
another architecture or two (it needs some assembly code to be written
for each platform it builds on). But, the problem with the free
versions of Java is that they don't support anything graphical (jast
time I checked). I have to default to using either Sun's or
Blackdown's java packages. (And I've found a quite nice script to
generate Debian packages from the Sun JDK downloads.)

-Nathan

On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 10:12:23AM -0400, David A. Cafaro wrote:
> Ok, quick question, but why do you say Java isn't well supported under
> Linux?  I'm just a little confused on that.  I've been using Java to
> write and run programs under Linux with no problems, and with what seems
> like very good support.  Between JVM/JDKs from Sun/IBM/BlackDown/Apache
> Geronimo, development tools from Eclipse, SlickEdit, Apache.org and
> assorted sqlDB drivers, WebServer Apps, and other items, Java seems to
> be very well supported.  Could you clarify that some, I'm worried I'm
> missing something.  Thanks.
> 
> -David
> 
> On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 09:46, Joseph Tate wrote:
> > Have fun with your pointers!  I'll be shifting any new development work 
> > to a language in which I don't have to worry about memory management. 
> > C#, though I despised it at first, may fit the bill.  VB .Net doesn't 
> > seem like a real language to me.  Java, though I prefer it, is not well 
> > supported under Linux (unfortunately, but gjc 3.4 should change that). 
> > Perl and PHP are great, but can't be compiled (without expensive third 
> > party tools).  Python is collapsing in on itself (according to some whom 
> > I respect).  I do know that I'm tired of tracking down memory leaks.
> > 
> > If there's a language that I should be learning, let me know.  I'm 
> > taking a look at XUL right now to see if that is useful.  Am I giving 
> > Python an unfair judgement?  Is there a memory management plugin for 
> > C/C++ (though that would defeat the purpose)?
> > 
> > Joseph
> > C/C++, Java, Perl, PHP, VB, InstallScript, Bash, Batch, and PL/SQL developer
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> David A. Cafaro
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