Hi, I am a fan newbie and i would like to thank Brian and Andy for their beautiful brainchild. Congratulations guys!
Some questions:
Can i call native java or c# libraries from fan code? As far as I searched, i found that i cannot, until the middle of 2008. Is there this capability now?
I understand and i promote your thinking about abstracting away java/c# libraries for increased portability, but it would be very handy to be called native libraries..
How mature is Fan right now? And how long do you think that you will support it?
Thanks, George.
brianWed 18 Feb 2009
You may use Java FFI to call out to any Java library directly:
We have not implemented .NET FFI yet - although it will work pretty much just like the Java FFI.
How mature is Fan right now?
Fan is not released yet. It is pretty solid (this site is built 100% with Fan including the web server). But we will probably be making a few breaking changes here and there as we get things polished for a 1.0 release later this year.
And how long do you think that you will support it?
I'm planning on using Fan for rest of my software career which hopefully has a few decades left in it :) So we'll be supporting it a long time.
codditor Tue 17 Feb 2009
Hi, I am a fan newbie and i would like to thank Brian and Andy for their beautiful brainchild. Congratulations guys!
Some questions:
Can i call native java or c# libraries from fan code? As far as I searched, i found that i cannot, until the middle of 2008. Is there this capability now?
I understand and i promote your thinking about abstracting away java/c# libraries for increased portability, but it would be very handy to be called native libraries..
How mature is Fan right now? And how long do you think that you will support it?
Thanks, George.
brian Wed 18 Feb 2009
You may use Java FFI to call out to any Java library directly:
We have not implemented .NET FFI yet - although it will work pretty much just like the Java FFI.
Fan is not released yet. It is pretty solid (this site is built 100% with Fan including the web server). But we will probably be making a few breaking changes here and there as we get things polished for a 1.0 release later this year.
I'm planning on using Fan for rest of my software career which hopefully has a few decades left in it :) So we'll be supporting it a long time.