Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:36:44 -0400 From: "Victor Subervi" <victorsubervi@gmail.com> To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Low Level Language Suggestions: OT Message-ID: <4dc0cfea0712310936t4823f42fxe3c45de4c6d13861@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <47792774.2080902@gmail.com> References: <4dc0cfea0712310757u7a970bb0rb2b29a931ad9767b@mail.gmail.com> <flb6uc$a9u$1@ger.gmane.org> <4dc0cfea0712310904m6ea9a530k7be838f6ab0aa302@mail.gmail.com> <477925E9.2010400@gmail.com> <4dc0cfea0712310926m39291186rbb6924e200646c0c@mail.gmail.com> <47792774.2080902@gmail.com>
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Hmm. Why did you switch to Java? Also, that email address for Henry bounced :-} Could you check it? TIA, Victor On Dec 31, 2007 1:31 PM, Aryeh M. Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Victor Subervi wrote: > > Thanks. I'll drop him a line. > > Forgot to mention that as far I know it is straight Java also. As a > side note to those who are knocking Java a few things need to be > dismistified: > > I don't know if I am the exception but I know a fair number of > people who have switched from c/c++ to Java (like me)... most of my > carrer (and still do) is writting high performence code (largely via > custom alogrithems instead of hand optimization) and have had zero > issue with Java in this issue (except for the slow startup time for > the jvm). Matter one of my projects is a Java-->native compiler which > I eventually plan to base an OS around. > > > Victor > > > > On Dec 31, 2007 1:24 PM, Aryeh M. Friedman > > <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Victor Subervi wrote: > >>>> Thanks for the comments. It's a serious project. It appears > >>>> that no one has yet done anything substantial in open source > >>>> for translation, which is a $12 billion/yr industry. Go > >>>> figure. Sounds like C++ is the way to go. Now, getting back > >>>> on topic :) I know that one has to install all sorts of s/w > >>>> and rebuild the kernel for working with Java. Is that true of > >>>> C++ as well? Or is it like C, native to FBSD? > > If your talking natural langs then Henry Pjiffers > > (henry.pjiffers@gmail.com) has done a fair amount of work... even > > though he might attempt to sell you on "enhanced" open-source ;-) > > [I would also do this if I had done work in the translation area... > > he is the other 1/3 of the licensing model I have mentioned a few > > times on the lists] > > > >> > >> > > - -- > Aryeh M. Friedman > FloSoft Systems > http://www.flosoft-systems.com > Developer, not business, friendly > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFHeSd0zIOMjAek4JIRAhgBAJ9mX2SUOPMBIKSse9/09BE8owV1QQCfTD6O > IU5nLP56NiASTFp90dMxrco= > =jQgV > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
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