Mono?

mallums · 04-15-2012, 04:59 PM

Has anyone tried or is anyone trying to port enough bits of Mono to Kindle 4 and Kindle Touch? I would like to develop using IronPython (and conceivably C# and/or IronRuby).

I don't think the full Monty of mono would be necessary or desirable, but a minimal subset of it could prove very useful. Is this feasible?

Python itself is fairly slow with the native interpreter. IronPython could fix that.

What does everyone think?

mr.w0lf · 04-15-2012, 05:24 PM

this mono? http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page
isn't too much heavy? if python alone is slow, why adding an other component would speed all things up?

hostar · 04-15-2012, 05:33 PM

I was thinking about same thing, but I didn't try anything.

There are some advices how to do that:
http://www.mono-project.com/Embedding_Mono

eureka · 04-15-2012, 06:02 PM

Technically possible and it's pretty funny idea (not funny as in "it's interesting to do", but funny as in "it's entertaining").

If you are ready to cross-compile Mono by yourself, you'll find complete instructions on http://www.mono-project.com/Mono:ARM

mallums · 04-16-2012, 01:34 PM

I don't want the whole of .net/Mono, just enough for IronPython and bindings for gtk. Enough of the CIL runtime to allow IronPython. Mono is heavy in the whole, but the CIL virtual machine runs better than the Python.org vm. I don't want all the ABI/API crap to run Windows programs on a Kindle (of course), I just want stdio and the ability to access Kindle screen. Java doesn't thrill me, and Javascript/HTML 5 isn't yet universal. Surely someone has already taken a crack at whittling Mono down to size?

eureka, I'm glad I put a smile on your face.

04-15-2012, 04:59 PM	#1
mallums Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 1000 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Tejas Device: KT4	Mono? Has anyone tried or is anyone trying to port enough bits of Mono to Kindle 4 and Kindle Touch? I would like to develop using IronPython (and conceivably C# and/or IronRuby). I don't think the full Monty of mono would be necessary or desirable, but a minimal subset of it could prove very useful. Is this feasible? Python itself is fairly slow with the native interpreter. IronPython could fix that. What does everyone think?

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04-15-2012, 05:24 PM	#2
mr.w0lf n00b Posts: 58 Karma: 2802 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle Touch	this mono? http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page isn't too much heavy? if python alone is slow, why adding an other component would speed all things up?

04-15-2012, 05:33 PM	#3
hostar Zealot Posts: 138 Karma: 12324 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: CZ Device: Kindle 4 non-touch	I was thinking about same thing, but I didn't try anything. There are some advices how to do that: http://www.mono-project.com/Embedding_Mono

04-15-2012, 06:02 PM	#4
eureka but forgot what it's like Posts: 741 Karma: 2345678 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: north (by northwest) Device: Kindle Touch	Technically possible and it's pretty funny idea (not funny as in "it's interesting to do", but funny as in "it's entertaining"). If you are ready to cross-compile Mono by yourself, you'll find complete instructions on http://www.mono-project.com/Mono:ARM

04-16-2012, 01:34 PM	#5
mallums Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 1000 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Tejas Device: KT4	I don't want the whole of .net/Mono, just enough for IronPython and bindings for gtk. Enough of the CIL runtime to allow IronPython. Mono is heavy in the whole, but the CIL virtual machine runs better than the Python.org vm. I don't want all the ABI/API crap to run Windows programs on a Kindle (of course), I just want stdio and the ability to access Kindle screen. Java doesn't thrill me, and Javascript/HTML 5 isn't yet universal. Surely someone has already taken a crack at whittling Mono down to size? eureka, I'm glad I put a smile on your face.

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