Re: Smalltalk VM -> Java VM

Christopher J. Traynor (traynor@newton.texel.com) wrote:
: Chris Laffra (laffra@morgan.com) wrote:
: : Has anyone considered developing a Smalltalk VM to Java VM
: : translator? Is such a thing feasible?
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: I think that a better approach would be to begin with a
: version of smalltalk where they have evolved past the bootstrap
: compiler (the one written in C or whatever) ; if the actual
: compilation to byte codes happens in the image (ie. the whole
: compiler is in smalltalk), then you could attack the problem at that
: level and just re-write the back end so that it produces the
: appropriate byte codes for the Java VM.
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I'm not sure how relevant it is, but I'll include a part of a posting
from Intermetrics:
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Intermetrics is also creating a version of the AdaMagic front end that
generates "Java byte codes" compatible with Sun's Java(tm) and
HotJava(tm) Web-based programming technology (see http://www.javasoft.com/),
allowing the use of Ada 95 to create "applets" and full applications
for use in graphic-oriented, platform-independent, Web-based, client/server
systems.


For more information, contact Mike Ryer -- ryer@inmet.com, or check
out the Intermetrics web page (soon to have some AdaJava applets!):


      http://www.inmet.com/
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Ada95 and Java have much in common, so it is quite possible that is will
be much harder to make a smalltalk version (I don't know).
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