porting .net micro framework to symbian

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How to port .net mf[^] to a OS? e.g. symbian etc.

what initial steps are required when porting the .net mf?
Is it possible?

Posted 25-Feb-11 17:25pm

Nitin S

Updated 26-Feb-11 1:36am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 25-Feb-11 23:29pm

Great question, my 5. Invite me in your team!
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Rod Kemp · Answer 1 · 2011-02-26T01:28:00

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Have you heard of the mono project[^] which is an open source implementation of .net.
One last thing is that Symbian is based on Java which if you are unaware is a framework like .net.

Posted 26-Feb-11 1:28am

Rod Kemp

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Nitin S 26-Feb-11 7:35am

I've heard mono but mono doesn't support symbian,
Symbian supports java but it is based C++ and not java

There is .net compact framework too but it supports only windows based mobile devices

Rod Kemp 26-Feb-11 7:45am

That was my point, look at the work that has gone into the mono project and then look at your question and ask yourself is this a simple question or will it require some real R&D on your part.

Nitin S 26-Feb-11 8:04am

you're right but mono is for linux based systems, I'm doing R&D on .net for symbian based mobile devices having ARM processor

Rod Kemp 26-Feb-11 8:15am

The processor is irrelevant, as part of your R&D have you mapped out the classes/methods/properties that make up the .net compact framework and how these can map to the underlying OS or how Java maps to the underlying OS and how it compares to the .net compact framework as both are frameworks that sit on top of an underlying OS.

Rod Kemp 26-Feb-11 8:20am

Also have you looked into how JIT compliers work and the difference between how programs that use byte code (.net, Java) work versus native programs?