>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Blackburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Steve> I imagine I'm not alone in thinking that there are a great many Steve> concrete things people can be working on right away, even while Steve> discussion on key design issues continues. Don't forget hacking on Classpath :-) Steve> . bytecode optimization [reserach] Something interesting sort of related to this area is "vmgen". This seems like a nice way to build interpreters. It seems to let you focus on writing the logic, and not worry about the details (stack caching, superinstructions, scheduling, whatever new stuff they've come up with...) Tom