Re: ADTPro beta available

["mdj" <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

Paul Schlyter wrote:

> Otoh, if you had implemented your ADT for MSDOS or Windows, the
> MSDOS/Windows part could be a pain for those that don't already have
> MSDOS/Windows (natively, or emulated) installed... :-)

I think the biggest limitation here is that then you must move your
disk image files into another 'disk image' since a dos/windows
environment must be emulated at the hardware level, just like emulating
an Apple II

With a JVM, all I/O functionality isn't a part of the Java platform,
but inherited from its host environment. In this way, it integrates
'relatively' smoothly with your native environment, much like a
scripting language.

Not wanting to start a flame war, just pointing out that there's a
pretty big semantic gap between a Java 'platform' and a native
platform.

Matt