RE: [ObjectWeb architecture] just an idea for (Java) native compilation

["dominique.devito" <dominique.devito@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>===== Original Message From <markus.karg@xxxxxxxxx> =====
>Maybe I have not quite understood what the benefit of a cross compilation 
from Java to OCaml should be. Java is fast already and if I want to make it 
faster, I would prefer native compilation (machine code) instead of OCaml. 
Cross compilation

I also focus here native compilation for Java but between the Java code and 
the binary code, I have just talked about an intermediary step : the OCaml 
code.


>between Java and OCaml would weaken the idea of one common Java platform, 
since it would degrade Java to one of many possible source languages for 
OCaml. But instead, the idea behind Java is that it is the only target 
platform itself. So I will not
>support this idea.
>Also OCaml is seldomly used, while Java is widely spread. So I only see a 
benefit for OCaml, not for JOnAS.

No degradation here for my point of view : the OCaml language is used here as 
an intermediary step for Java native compilation. Just as the first C++ 
compilers. The C language was used for the intermediary step : C++ -> C -> 
native code and this compilation way has not weakened the C++ language and it 
was not for the benefits of C.

Instead of generating OCaml code from the Java code, another way might be to 
reuse&share some parts of the outstanding OCaml compiler in order to build a 
Java compiler.

Just my 2 cents.

Best regards,
Dominique De Vito


>Have Fun
>Markus
>
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: [ObjectWeb architecture] just an idea for (Java) native compilation 
(24-Sep-2003 21:56)
>From:    dominique.devito@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To:      markus.karg@xxxxxxxxx
>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is just an idea for (Java) native compilation.
>>
>> INRIA has an outstanding knowledge about native compiler technology. To be
>> more precise, INRIA has developped a native compiler for the "Objective
>> Caml" language. Caml is a strongly-typed functional programming language
>> from the ML family. OCaml (Objective Caml) and Caml Light are two open
>> source implementations of Caml developed at INRIA Rocquencourt, projet
>> Cristal. See <http://caml.inria.fr/> and <http://caml.inria.fr/ocaml/>.
>>
>> INRIA has started at January 2001 the Caml consortium (like the ObjectWeb
>> consortium) : the Caml consortium federates the design and development of
>> the Caml language and its programming environment. The Objective Caml (
>> OCaml) compiler is released by the Caml Consortium and performs very well :
>> Objective Caml ranks 2nd on speed (between C and C++) on Doug Bagley's
>> computer language shootout ! See <http://www.bagley.org/~doug/shootout/>.
>>
>> So, why not joining Caml & ObjectWeb consortiums strengths for developping
>> a Java compiler ? One way could/would be to develop a bridge Java->OCaml as
>> OCaml's object-oriented features are similar to Java's object-oriented
>> features (Ocaml also includes functional features, module features...).
>>
>> What do you think about this idea ? Silly idea :-) ? Good idea ?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Dominique
>>
>>
>>
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