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

sal714@rs710.gsfc.nasa.gov (Stephen A. Leake)
8 May 1996 00:30:39 -0400

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From: sal714@rs710.gsfc.nasa.gov (Stephen A. Leake)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.java,comp.lang.c++,comp.compilers
Date: 8 May 1996 00:30:39 -0400
Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center -- Greenbelt, Maryland USA
References: 96-05-036
Keywords: Java, Ada

Drinie@xs4all.nl (Rinie Kervel) writes:


      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.


      [...]


      Does anyone know if proposals for such extensions have been made/
      are considered.


Ada95 has been ported to the JVM by Intermetrics in their Applet Magic
compiler (I believe this is only in beta release now). See
http://www.inmet.com/ada.html. Since Ada supports pointers, I assume
the JVM does, at least in the safe way that Ada allows!
--
Stephen Leake, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
email: Stephen.Leake@gsfc.nasa.gov
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