Re: C, MathLink or Java, J/Link
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg28262] Re: C, MathLink or Java, J/Link
- From: "Ersek, Ted R" <ErsekTR at navair.navy.mil>
- Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 01:53:11 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Todd Gayley recently wrote: .... my opinion is that for people who are not overwhelmingly concerned about performance, Java is the best choice for programs that call, or are called by, Mathematica .... ------------------- but I think for some of us there is another factor to consider besides performance and convenience. The program I am working on can be fully portable if I write it in C or Java, and I plan to post the source code on MathSource when it's done. I hope my program will be just as portable for the next 7 years or more. Since C is very well established, I suspect both MathLink and most C/C++ compilers will be compatible with ANSI C for a long time to come. However, it seems Java and J/Link are not fully mature. How confident can I be that my Java source code will work with a 2008 version of Java? We don't yet have ANSI Java, right? Because of this concern I think I will write my program in C and use MathLink even though it's less convenient. ----------------- Ted Ersek Mathematica tips, tricks have moved to http://www.verbeia.com/mathematica/tips/Tricks.html