Oops, didn't send it to the mailing list. Sorry. -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: David Tanzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Rodrigo Kumpera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Call for Contributions (was Re: 4 Months and...) > Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:51:05 +0100 > > Thanks for the status update, cool to hear that you're still working on > it. > > Cheers, David. > > On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 11:49 -0200, Rodrigo Kumpera wrote: > > Hi David, > > > > I haven´t dropped the idea, my current free time is really small and > > there are a few problems that I'm facing right know: > > > > -A Java JVM must have a JITer, I have one working for windows/x86 > > except for synchronization and String loading. I don't have even > > thought about multi-threading issues. > > > > -Bootstrapping is really hard, I've been studying how both joeq and > > jikesRVM work - it's troublesome and fragile. Taken from the mailing > > list archives I've dropped their approach of mmaping an image and > > decided for a more conventional approach. Right now I'm generating a > > COFF object file and linking it as a library, the missing parts are > > external method linking and making the JITer calling convention aware > > (java method invocations are diferent from C method invocations). > > > > -I want to make the JVM to be debugable as a Java application, this > > seens to be easier than to generate enouth debug information to make > > gdb happy. Maybe someone with DWARF-2 or COFF knowledge can say the > > oposite. > > > > -The JVM needs magic types for raw memory access, I've modeled then > > like MMtk but haven't implemented the magic code generation. > > > > I'm not sure that releasing code that perform just some random parts > > is worth the problem. > > > > []'s > > Rodrigo > > > > > > On 11/21/05, David Tanzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Rodrigo, > > > > > > You wrote the email I'm answering to some time ago on harmony-dev. IMHO > > > it would be cool if we had a JVM in Java to compare against BootJVM and > > > JCHEVM. Are you still willing to contribute your JVM? > > > > > > I reply to you directly because I'm not sure if you still want to > > > contribute your JVM. You can also answer to this mail on harmony-dev if > > > you want your answer to be public. > > > > > > Regards, David. > > > > > > On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 11:39 -0300, Rodrigo Kumpera wrote: > > > > I've written a pet JVM in Java, it includes a very simple JITer, no GC > > > > (but it is starting to use MMtk magic, so should be doable to use it), > > > > no self-hosting and no support for native code. The code have never > > > > left my machine but I'm willing to donate if is desirable. > > > > > > > > > > > > []'s > > > > Rodrigo > > > > > > > > > > > > On 9/20/05, Geir Magnusson Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 20, 2005, at 8:52 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > This is not likely to actually attract code. Opening up SVN to > > > > > > committership would. You've described a reverse of how most > > > > > > projects work if you will such that the barrier is to initial > > > > > > commit rather than lazy veto/etc. > > > > > > > > > > Most projects give committership to people that have offered code and > > > > > patches, don't they? > > > > > > > > > > geir > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Andy > > > > > > > > > > > > Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> I'd like to restate that we are always looking for code > > > > > >> contributions. I do know of some in preparation, but it should > > > > > >> be clear that if you have anything to offer (hey, Dan!) please > > > > > >> post a note to dev list to discuss. :) > > > > > >> geir > > > > > >> On Sep 19, 2005, at 5:35 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> Four months and no code. Open up the repository and let the > > > > > >>> willing start committing. The discussion has gotten so verbose > > > > > >>> that there are already people publishing edited digests. Code > > > > > >>> will reduce the discussion :-) > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> -Andy > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Geir Magnusson Jr +1-203-665-6437 > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > David Tanzer, Haghofstr. 29, A-3352 St. Peter/Au, Austria/Europe > > > http://deltalabs.at -- http://dev.guglhupf.net -- http://guglhupf.net > > > My PGP Public Key: http://guglhupf.net/david/david.asc > > > -- > > > Real programmers don't draw flowcharts. Flowcharts are, after all, the > > > illiterate's form of documentation. Cavemen drew flowcharts; look how > > > much good it did them. > > > > > > > > > -- David Tanzer, Haghofstr. 29, A-3352 St. Peter/Au, Austria/Europe http://deltalabs.at -- http://dev.guglhupf.net -- http://guglhupf.net My PGP Public Key: http://guglhupf.net/david/david.asc -- Pinky, Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering? Well, I think so Brain but if Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why does he keep doing it?
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