On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Peter Recore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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.
I don't mind criticism when I say something that is incorrect. However, I don't believe that it is the case here. Also, GWT isn't just an open source project. It's an open source project where code is written mostly by Google employees. Amir > > -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 > > > -- http://chatbotgame.com http://numbrosia.com http://twitter.com/amichail --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
