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Archive => Archive => Orbiter - Users => Topic started by: archived on August 27, 2006, 04:16:35 pm
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how about a java orbital or something so it's posible to use the orbital like on laptop or a mac osx
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We don't have yet a version written in java, but you can use our Orbiter under Windows XP (written in C++) to run it on your laptop.
You could try recompile our orbiter to run under mac osx. We don't have a mac here, so we cannot test it.
Best regards,
Cristian Miron
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Yep.. java would be an excelent option...and recently Sun released the Java Source code to the Open source community, i think that it will became much faster in the future..
but Java r0x.. there is no need to have windows XP on an OpenSource powered house ;)
so, if you dont have any java version yet, the mobile orbiter is coded in C++ ?
back later :)
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Yes, an Orbiter written in java would be nice, but it will take a lot to implement and maintain. The big problem will be to keep C++ sources and java sources in sync (adding a feature in C++ will need same modification in java code). Also, adding/modifying a command/event to Orbiter will need a modification made manually in java code to adapt DCE; so a code generator for java would be needed too.
For an Orbiter Mobile, we'll need to port BD commands from C++ to java and keep them in sync, but this will be easier that an "desktop" Orbiter.
Anyway, I would gladly support an Orbiter written in java, so if you need help for this, I'm here to help.
Best regards,
Cristian Miron