From: Adam Flinton 

Rich wrote:
>    How so?
>
> Rich
>
>
>     "Adam"      > wrote in message
>     news:4291b00d{at}w3.nls.net...
>     Rich wrote:
>
>      >    In that regard, so is java and any other language that allows
>     you to
>      > call platform specific methods.
>      >
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>     Ummmm.......allows you to vs you using that platform specific allowance
>     is somewhat different to compiling to a given platform.
>
>     Adam

If I compile my source for Windows then I end up with a Windows executable.
No real choice. If I go with Java I have the choice within my app which
runs on windows (i.e. hosted by a windows JVM) wether or not to bind it
into windows by using specific windows calls. E.g. the .Net xml checker I
wrote a little while back is called from within Java but it does so by
using a string as the command & then simply calling :

Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime(); Process proc = runtime.exec(CommandString);

You then just chuck a buffered reader onto the InputStream you get back.

That allows me to use the same thing on Linux with say Mono or indeed use a
perl XMl checker on Unix if need be.

But hey you know all that & you're just being evasive as an eel in a
net as usual.


Adam

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