[Coin-discuss] .dll/.so distribution

[Patrick Viry]

Hi,

I am looking for a distribution of OSI, CLP and other projects in .dll and  
.so forms. We plan to design a Java API wrapper around these libraries and  
contribute it to the community.

The problem is that we are a Java shop and do not have C++ compilation  
tools or C++ expertise, and we just cannot find a way to actually use the  
code in the distributions. Compiling to a .dll should be very similar to  
compiling to a .exe (.dll have an export table, .exe do not have one, all  
the rest is the same), and I saw a number of .exe files in the download  
area. Probably someone on this list has already compiled towards a DLL ?

A word about myself, since this is my first message on the list: my  
company has just launched a new modeling language designed as an extension  
of Java, the idea being that this removes all the burden of interfacing  
optimization models with a software application. We also hope that this is  
a first step towards making optimization techniques available outside the  
OR community on a large scale to the average Java developper.

Regards,

-Patrick Viry

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