From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Aug 9 10:09:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA02577 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:09:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wakky.dyn.ml.org (lee@1Cust89.max17.washington.dc.ms.uu.net [153.34.57.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA02572 for ; Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:09:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from lee@localhost) by wakky.dyn.ml.org (8.8.5/8.8.3) id NAA01091; Sat, 9 Aug 1997 13:07:45 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <19970809130744.15241@wakky.dyn.ml.org> Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 13:07:44 -0400 From: Lee Cremeans To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: generic compiling programming language? Reply-To: hcremean@vt.edu References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.79e In-Reply-To: ; from Alfred Perlstein on Sat, Aug 09, 1997 at 11:19:14AM +0000 X-OS: FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE X-Evil: microsoft.com Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, Aug 09, 1997 at 11:19:14AM +0000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > I know C is 'portable' but it still requires some major hacking to get > programs working on various OSes, and Java can be used/compiled almost > everywhere, although i think it requires a graphical display (right?) > and it is pretty slow and not a good choice for many intesive > applications. I believe Java only needs graphics if you use the AWT toolkit; a simple "Hello world!" program would work on any text screen. > Why isn't there a "Java" that is not interpreted? but could be easily > cross compiled for any machine? That violates Sun's idea of the language; Java was made that way so that it could be cross-platform. However, it specifies not just an interpreter, but a virtual Java CPU, so silicon would be possible if you needed the speed. Also, I think the newer VM code supports just-in-time recompiling, which makes things faster. -- Lee C. -- Manassas, VA, USA (WakkyMouse on DALnet #watertower) A! JW223 YWD++^i WK+++r P&B++ SL+++^i GDF- B&M KK--i MD+++i P++ I++++ Di $++ E5/10/70/3c/73ac Ee34/1/36 H2 PonPippi Ay77 M | hcremean (at) vt.edu FreeBSD/Linux/Unix hacker...Win95 and M$ evil! (go see www.freebsd.org) My home page: http://wakky.dyn.ml.org/~lee | finger me for geek code