Here is the video of his Smalltalk 2013 talk for the ones interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p21z3bAt7b0&list=PLCGAAdUizzH027lLWKXh_44cGuEsay7-R&index=7
2013/11/26 Clément Bera <bera.clem...@gmail.com> > To have Java running on top of Pharo (which means on top of Cog), you > would need to have as they did in STX, a JIT compatible with java bytecode, > an interpreter for java bytecode, runtime objects such as JavaContext, ... > It is at least 1 year of work for an expert in virtual machines (I think > there's mainly 1 expert in the Cog VM but there are several on java VM). > Therefore this project requires several hundred thousands dollars > (considering you can find a virtual machine expert willing to do it). A bit > too much for ESUG in my opinion. > > > 2013/11/26 Serge Stinckwich <serge.stinckw...@gmail.com> > >> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Marcus Denker <marcus.den...@inria.fr> >> wrote: >> > >> > On 26 Nov 2013, at 11:41, Serge Stinckwich <serge.stinckw...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>>> Anything preventing Pharo and VisualWorks for using the technology >> also? >> >>>> >> >>> Short answer: Time and money. >> >>> The way we did it requires significant changes to the virtual machine >> >>> (as we believe this is the only way to get a decent performance). >> Indeed, if >> >>> somebody going to pay for it, everything's possible ;-) >> >> >> >> You should try to ask ESUG about financial support. >> >> >> > >> > I do not think that he talks about this kind of money. But MONEY. >> >> Ok I understand ;-) BIG MONEY >> >> >> -- >> Serge Stinckwich >> UCBN & UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC) >> Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk >> http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/ >> >> >
