Well, the client-server stuff can easily be done through sockets and a dedicated protocol on the native-process side. There are many such protocols, but this is not what I am after. I need ease of use (and, for other cases, speed).
Very standard, I know, but (as for now) I just want to use POSIX functions for a system utility. Picking in a .so file is just what I need. I don't want to start a server process, secure it (we're talking about functions manipulating my system and available to others through the net) and then communicate with it.
As for JVM and .Net, I totally agree with you. When I'll have something working, doing (for example) a JNI wrapper should be easy.
