[sword-devel] Porting to MS .NET framework

[John T. Gardner Jr.]

I wish I had the time.  I've been doing C++ but really like C#.  Really cuts down the development time, builds really fast (in VS), it is easier to maintain strong exception safety guarantees, and performance is great too (even graphics, RT not a problem).  We tried Java for here but because we write software that displays RT EKG graphics it just couldn't keep up on our hardware platform. We had to stick with C++.  C# though gives us the performance we need.  My estimate is that you would need half to 1/3 the amount of code as C++ to get equivalent functionality.  The .NET libraries are quite rich like Java's.

Just wish it supported generics (aka templates) ...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sword-devel-admin@crosswire.org
> [mailto:sword-devel-admin@crosswire.org]On Behalf Of Nguyen Ly
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 11:23 PM
> To: sword-devel@crosswire.org
> Subject: RE: [sword-devel] Porting to MS .NET framework
> 
> 
> Hey Dave,
> 
> Yeah I'm primarily a .NET developer -- looking for some projects 
> to sharpen my skills :)
> Was just wondering if there's any .NET developers out there 
> thinking about porting the Sword API or in the process of doing 
> so -- maybe start a working group ?
> 
> Just thinking that I'll be quite cool to port it to .NET 
> framework classes -- think of the possibilities.  ASP.NET apps, 
> windows forms, web services, or even .NET apps running on PDAs 
> using the compact .NET framework.
> 
> Nguyen.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sword-devel-admin@crosswire.org 
> [mailto:sword-devel-admin@crosswire.org] On Behalf Of David Overcash
> Sent: Saturday, 3 May 2003 5:08 AM
> To: sword-devel@crosswire.org
> Subject: Re: [sword-devel] Porting to MS .NET framework
> 
> 
> Foolish me. I knew I couldn't be right...  :-(
> Nguyen, are you familiar with ms.NET?  Could be a path to look 
> for the future?
> 
> -Dave Overcash
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