Continuing attempts to lure developers from the rival Java development camp, Microsoft on Tuesday is releasing Version 2.0 of its Java Language Conversion Assistant (JLCA) software to enable ...

The Java language conversion tool, available for download from Microsoft's Web site, is part of the Java User Migration Path to Microsoft .Net (JUMP to .Net) initiative unveiled about a year ago.

Built on the world-leading ArtinSoft migration technology, the JLCA automates the process of migrating language syntax and library calls from existing Java language source code into Visual C#® .NET to ...

Using Mainsoft’s tools, “We had to make very few changes to our core client library, all fairly minor, to complete the C#-to-Java conversion,” said Eric Sink, co-founder of SourceGear.

"The gap between C# and Java never has been so small," says the latest edition of the TIOBE Index of programming language popularity. "Currently, the difference is only 1.2 percent, and if the trends ...