[Tux4kids-discuss] GSOC 2010

Bill Kendrick nbs at sonic.net
Fri Mar 19 05:03:20 UTC 2010


On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:53:10AM -0400, Brendan Luchen wrote:
> What about it? You tell us! Please realize that moving to Java
> basically means rewriting everything from the ground up. Thus, it
> would probably slow down development by an order of magnitude. Plus,
> there's nothing quite as portable as C--not even Java :)

Indeed.  We're already basing our programs on libraries which are
heavily cross-platform.  I also don't remember any mentors
(or anyone else from the projects) talking about porting anything
to Java.  Did I miss or forget something?

-bill!



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