Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:34:12 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: perlsta@sunyit.edu (Alfred Perlstein) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: generic compiling programming language? Message-ID: <199708091734.KAA05061@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970809111436.5667C-100000@server.local.sunyit.edu> from "Alfred Perlstein" at Aug 9, 97 11:19:14 am
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> 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. > > Why isn't there a "Java" that is not interpreted? but could be easily > cross compiled for any machine? > > Or is everyone hiding something from me? :) http://www.oasis.leo.org/java/00-index.html "Machines, browser, and viewer" Look for "Kaffe" and other JIT's. A JIT is a Just In Time compiler for JAVA. It converts JAVA to native code on the fly. There are also translators (to C/C++) that you can actually use to translate JAVA to a compilable language (JUMP, a JAVA "compiler" for US Robotics Pilot palmtops, works this way). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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