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Re: Alternatives to current development

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Originally Posted by highlandsun View Post
The idea is totally ludicrous. Android doesn't run on a generic POSIX layer, it has a number of custom kernel drivers. Figuring out how to shoehorn them into CE would be a bear, even if you had CE kernel source.

It would be an utter waste of time. Look at how well Cygwin emulates POSIX on desktop windows (it's a dog). CE is even more lobotomized. Ridiculous.

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There are not -that- many custom drivers, and most of them, their Android-specific behavior would just need to be re-implemented - this does not -need- to be done at the kernel-level, especially if you are developing an interface between CE and Android. You would certainly need to rework the JNI level interfaces, though.

I see your point about Cygwin DLL performance - however, many of the POSIX commands that would be required would almost be basic wrappers... the majority of the thread commands have near-direct analogs with the Windows API, for instance.
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