Questions tagged [platform-independence]
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Can I find out what variable java.library.path maps to on the current platform?
So far I've learned the following about the java.library.path property:
It's used when loading native libraries, as opposed to java classes
Its default value depends on the operating system:
On Windows, it maps to PATH
On Linux, it maps to…
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Passing environment variables to a JVM, in a platform-independent manner
I'm developing a J2EE application that runs in JBoss on a Windows Vista machine, but the application will end up on a Linux machine. Is there a way to pass in the value of an environment variable in a platform independent way?
I think (but I'm not…
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How does program execute? Where does the Operating Systems come into play?
A program is compiled from some language to ASM --> Machine Code (directly executable). When people say that this is platform dependent, the mean that the binaries formed will run (correctly) only on the CPUs with same Instruction Set Architecture…
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vs code consistent keybindings for Mac and windows with settings sync
I use a windows computer for work and have painstakingly set up many keybindings for common tasks, as well as many other personalizations I really would like to have transferred to my personal computer, which is a Mac.
I recently found out about and…
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How to include a text file along with a crate installation
My program works as expected with my local machine. It prints random lines from a text file in the vein of the Emacs "Spook" amusement (M-x spook). The text file is located in src/spook.lines.
C:\Users\datan>spooks
domestic Eiffel Tower Euzkadi Ta…
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OS independent method to find a file fast with Python
With Python, how do I search for a file in a directory (including subdirectories) fast?
The standard answers here utilize os.walk(), which is slow compared to just calling find /path -iname "*string*", if working under Linux.
Is there a clean…
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Platform independent way to fire off external applications/helpers by file type?
For example, one application that I'm working on stores PDF files into a database, then can pull them back out for display. I've got a call in there using Runtime.exec to do a "cmd /c start " plus the PDF filename. Works great for Windows. Would…
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Platform independent parallelization without changing the framework?
I hope the title did not mislead you.
My problem is the following: Currently I try to speed up a raytracer and this is done with the help of the graphics card. It works fine despite the fact that it got slower by this. :)
This is caused by the fact,…
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How is Python platform independent?
I know that Python is platform independent, but I don't understand how that works for CPython. If the interpreter and some of the modules are written in C, aren't those going to be platform dependent?
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Relevance of the term 'Platform Independent' in context of programming languages
Maybe I am asking a very obvious and stupid question here, but I couldn't get anything on Google so here I go:
Why there is so much gung-ho about the fact that Java is Platform Independent and some other languages aren't. I mean, the total…
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System-independent machine shutdown in Java
Possible Duplicate:
Shutting down a computer using Java
I am making a personal program that will shut down my computer after a certain amount of time or at a certain time/date. However, I am running multiple operating systems and want to do this…
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Native methods and platform independency
Here's a comment extracted from source code of Java's public static native long currentTimeMillis() method of java.lang.System class.
* Returns the current time in milliseconds. Note that
* while the unit of time of the return value is a…
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Platform independent delay timer
Problem
I originally posted this question which was apparently something that did not meet my customer spec. Hence I am redefining the problem:
To understand the problem a bit more, the timing diagram on the original post can be used. The delayer…
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How many java supported platforms are there?
I am designing a library that is going to use native code, but i plan on making it cross platform. I was wondering how many different versions i would have to write to support each native implementations such as windows, linux, mac osx.
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