I too support the point to implement the VM in C/C++. But the problem with this would be porting the VM to multiple platforms like *nix, Win32, Mac etc.
Hence we have to choose between the two: Performance and Portability. Regards, Satish. On 12/05/05, theUser BL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hope you use C to write the VM for Harmony. > > The reason is, that I think, that the best is, if Harmony is nearly 100% > compatible to Suns Java. > > If you write the VM in Java itself, then there existing some problems: > 1. you need a native-code compiler (like gcj) to create it. And if Harmony > itself is a native-code compiler it is not 100% compatible to Suns JVM. > 2. I don't know how you want to create a JNI-Interface for C, if the JVM is > written in Java. > 3. The best would be, if all *.DLL (on Windows) and *.so (on > Linux/Unix/MacOSX) files are like Suns one. For example: Older J2SEs used > Symmantecs JITter. And it is possible that there existing firms which try to > replace also some other parts of Java with its own one. So it would be nice, > if then Harmony can use this replacements, too. > > Greatings > theuserbl > > -- || Satyam Vada, Dharmam Chara || || Matru Devo Bhava, Pitru Devo Bhava || || Acharya Devo Bhava, Atithi Devo Bhava || Get Firefox. The browser you can trust. http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=43194&t=1
