Re: Possible to write compiler to Java VM?

hbaker@netcom.com (Henry Baker)
30 Jan 1996 22:28:54 -0500

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From: hbaker@netcom.com (Henry Baker)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.java,comp.compilers,comp.lang.ada
Date: 30 Jan 1996 22:28:54 -0500
Organization: nil organization
References: 96-01-100 96-01-123
Keywords: Ada, realtime, GC





Henry Baker (hbaker@netcom.com) wrote:
: However, the single most important reason why Java is a _much_ better
: language than Ada-95 is the fact that Java does garbage collection and
: Ada does not.


mg@asp.camb.inmet.com (Mitch Gart) wrote:
> The reason for leaving it out is summarized in 2 words: REAL TIME. ...


You might want to take a look at Erlang, a real-time language for
telephony applications, which uses GC.


See http://www.ericsson.se/cslab/erlang/overview.html


Also, see Springer LNCS 986, Proc. IWMM'95.
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