Hi Java gurus! My only experience with Java so far has been on the TINI platform, so I'm not always sure what is specific to TINI and what is standard Java.
What I'd like to know: on the TINI I can write (implement) certain methods in TINI assembler. Then I just need to declare the specific method in Java as a "static native" method. Is this possible on other Java Virtual Machines as well? Is the "native" keyword part of standard Java? I realize that in using it you lose one of the chief attractions of Java, namely portability, but it could boost performance if you only use it for the few methods that causes performance bottlenecks. (This is obviously more important on an embedded system than on a PC or large server). I would also like to know if anybody has experience with Jython. How does it compare performance-wise with native Java? Apparently some people find it quicker to develop in Jython than Java (is this true for most people?) and to me Python itself seems to be a very elegant language (I'm not sure if it is supported on TINI, however). Thanks Chavoux
