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Originally Posted by BSDfan666
I do believe he means the automouter daemon, amd(8).. not OpenBSD/amd64. |
Fair enough.
Nevertheless, to rewrite
amd(8) in Java,
Zmyrgel will need to interface with various system calls which will require knowledge of C & Java's lower-level JNI interface. This may be a bit daunting for those who are not familiar with either. Again, it comes down to how much time can be alloted.
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The developers are very unlikely to accept a replacement written in C++ or Java, and even more so accept a complete rewrite from a novice programmer..
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The exercise has some merit, however I agree with
BSDfan666 that expecting such an application to be accepted by the Project may be expecting too much -- not because of novice knowledge, but the fact that Java is not the classic choice for systems programming.