Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!lust.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: =?UTF-8?B?QW5kcm9pZOKAlFdoeQ==?= Dalvik? Followup-To: comp.lang.java.programmer Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:08:38 +1200 Organization: Geek Central Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 118-92-86-36.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: lust.ihug.co.nz 1307070519 2960 118.92.86.36 (3 Jun 2011 03:08:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ihug.co.nz NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 03:08:39 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.4.11 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:4915 In message , Steve Sobol wrote: > In article , Lawrence D'Oliveiro says... >> >> At the cost of putting the burden on the recipient of your code to figure >> out how to run a .jar file on their system. > > Nope. Batch files and shell scripts work just fine, and it's easy enough > to include one with your app. Or you can create a native executable > stub. Sounds like you’re reinventing the work done by GNU Autoconf, only now it’s happening on every execution, instead of once at build time.