[Mono-list] Re: Welcome To "Mono-list"!

Martin Coxall martin.coxall@itouch.co.uk
Mon, 9 Jul 2001 16:32:25 +0100


> Here's a thought:  Microsoft is doing this whole "JUMP to .NET" thing,
> which is basically a way to convert Java code to C#. From what little
> experience I've had with C#, it looks in many ways *very* similar to Java. 
> So why -can't- a .NET implementation of Java be viable?
>
> Just a random thought...

Simple answer: It can.

Better answer: Since C# is a slightly better language that Java, and C# 
properly conforms to the CLS, whereas Java corresponds to the JLS, perhaps a 
j2cs translator would be better?

I imagine it would be trivial(ish) to implement.

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