i am looking the same sort of things from IBM guys, as if i am not wrong they claim to do same sort of things before :) and it will really help full if we can have two baselines to work on.
On 8/29/05, Geir Magnusson Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And on the wiki after posting here, please? :) > > geir > > On Aug 19, 2005, at 12:33 PM, Tim Ellison wrote: > > > Weldon Washburn wrote: > > > >> On 7/11/05, Tim Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Recently, within IBM, we have been defining the interface between > >>> IBM's > >>> class library and the J9 VM. We deliberately haven't looked at > >>> the GNU > >>> Classpath/VM interface specification. > >>> > >>> The principal goals are to enable the class libraries to be > >>> hosted on > >>> different versions of a virtual machine, and potentially different > >>> virtual machines, without sacrificing performance or introducing > >>> complexity. In our design, this results in a number of class types > >>> being (architecturally) labeled as 'kernel classes'. Kernel > >>> classes can > >>> be thought of as part of the VM and have to be written by the > >>> VM-provider. With a thoughtful set of kernel classes the API > >>> from class > >>> library to the VM, and from VM to class libraries, can be kept > >>> remarkably small. Our complete VM/Classlibrary interface > >>> comprises a > >>> short C header (vmi.h), about 18 classes defined by 1.4 public API > >>> (java.lang, java.lang.reflect, ...), and two classes that are > >>> specifically to support the interface. We are working on necessary > >>> extensions to this interface for 1.5. > >>> > >>> If there is an interest, we can share the interface we are using and > >>> evolve it as part of harmony. > >>> > >> > >> > >> Tim, > >> It would be good if you would go ahead and post the VM/Classlibrary > >> interface you describe above on harmony wiki. > >> Thanks > >> Weldon > >> > > > > I'm just about to leave for a week's vacation, so rather than post and > > then disappear, I'll wait until I get back and can engage in proper > > discussion. > > > > Regards, > > Tim > > > > > >>> It would be great if we could share > >>> experiences with the GNU Classpath VM interface in such a way > >>> that the > >>> Harmony interface was suitable for the widest variety of VMs and > >>> class > >>> libraries. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Tim > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> Tim Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > >>> IBM Java technology centre, UK. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > > > > Tim Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > IBM Java technology centre, UK. > > > > > > -- > Geir Magnusson Jr +1-203-665-6437 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- Usman Bashir Certified IBM XML Solution Developer Certified UML Developer Brainbench Certified Internet Perfessional[advance](BCIP) Brainbench Certified Java Perfessional (BCJP) Brainbench Certified .NET Perfessional Brainbench Ceritified C++ Perfessional (BCCP) Software engineer IT24 Faculty Member Operation Badar Lahore
