I don't think "mistake" is the right word there. I'm not an expert on Java Compilers and JVMs, but I'll go out on a limb here and risk embarrassing myself - my gut feeling is that Java is much easier to compile into javascript than random bytecode is. GWT makes aggressive optimizations based on information it can infer from java semantics. If GWT had to generalize to work with any possible bytecode, I doubt the resulting javascript could be as efficient. Part of GWT's appeal is that the end product is fast and lean javascript. While it would be nice if GWT could turn random x86 executable into blazingly fast javascript, I'm not going to criticize the GWT team because they haven't done so yet. If I'm wrong, and making GWT work with JVM is trivial to do, that's awesome! Submit the patch to the GWT team. The fact that no one has yet done so yet implies to me that this is not an easy thing to do, or else no one really wants to do it. In either case, it is not a mistake that it hasn't been done.
If you really like working in Scala, you could look into contributing to the project to compile Scala into Java, mentioned at the bottom of this page: http://www.scala-lang.org/faq/4 If this post has a slightly sharp tone, it's because I don't like it when people criticize open source projects with vague complaints while at the same time asking for new features. -peter On Oct 21, 2:07 pm, Amir Michail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Please support Java byte code so that we can use any languages that > work using the JVM such as Scala. > > GWT made a mistake in only supporting Java. I hope they correct it. > > Amir --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
