Re: Generating Java Bytecode

kuznetso@MIT.EDU (Eugene Kuznetsov) writes:


> Indeed, C and C++ are more difficult, but possible. Having a virtual
> machine that does not attempt to do too much error checking or verify
> the bytecode could be helpful... But casting aside solutions which
> require a modified java VM (there are some VM's in development, from
> what I hear, that include more "natural" support for languages other
> than java), there is nothing preventing one from compiling even the
> messiest C code to java bytecode. For some of the more painful
> pointer manipulations it would be necessary to rewrite the code
> significantly and probably sacrifice a great deal of performance, but
> it could be done.




There are also other architectures than the JavaVM. I like the OmniVM
architecture better, because it's very similar to popular
RISC-architectures. Something that would allow us to use more
exisiting compiler technology. Check
<URL:http://www.w3.org/pub/Conferences/WWW4/Papers/165/> for more
information on the OmniVM.


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