No flaming from me; just puzzled head-scratching. It's not clear to me
that REBOL and Java are conceptually close enough to be ABLE to compile
REBOL directly into Java bytecode. Some REBOL features could be dealt
with by defining support classes in Java, with appropriate method calls
as the Java equivalent of REBOL words/phrases. However, there are
REBOL features for which I don't see an obvious JVM representation.
For example:
1) REBOL's refusal to distinguish between data and code, whick allows
one to construct a block and then do that block,
2) REBOL's ability to manipulate contexts,
3) REBOL's class-less view of objects...
It would certainly be possible to create a REBOL interpreter written
in Java, but that's not what I understood you to be suggesting (and
my experience with Java suggests that it would run like a pig on
tranquilizers...)
-jn-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> (im not sure if this has already been talked about but ...)
>
> You know what would be really cool? If the Rebol compiler compiled to Java
> bytecodes!
>
> ...now hold your horses...
>
> Apart from the obvious platform benefits (which i *know* rebol already has):
> 1) Theres already a lot of support for Java and all related technologies
> 2) Rebol could utilise some of the Java popularity<->support to bring rebol
> into the mainstream
> 3) There are native language compilers for Java bytecodes >:) (eg GCJ)
>
> -- But its just an idea ... why can i sense a flame coming my way? :)
>
> AndrewH
>
