Re: Java virtual machine as target language for C/C++

Drinie@xs4all.nl (Rinie Kervel) writes:


      I know that Java does not support pointer arithmetic.


      But as the Java virtual machine gets integrated in many OSes it would
      be nice to use it as a target language for other languages.


      Is it possible (and will Sun allow it) to extend the JVM to support
      pointer arithmetic.


Yes, it could support safe pointer arithmetic. However, that really
isn't necessary. Correct, portable C/C++ code can be executed
reasonably efficiently within the current JavaVM. However, building
compilers for that is tricky.


More likely, you are going to see conversion tools that will do 95% of
the job. The places where they give up are likely to be places in the
C/C++ code that needed attention anyway.


Thomas.
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