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

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

Hi,

>===== Original Message From "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@xxxxxxxxxx> =====
>Hi -
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>dominique.devito@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>> [...]
>> - CGJ seems to move slowly,
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>Sure, depending on what you're comparing it to. :-)
>
>> - INRIA has an outstanding compiler technology [in the form of ocaml]
>> [...]
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>While I'm a big fan of ocaml, and would love to find a project on which
>to use it (sigh), I suspect it would be a big leap of faith to use ocaml
>as an implementation backend for jonas.  Other than language mapping
>problems (.java and .class/.jar), there is a matter of the runtime system
>including libraries.

Could you please elaborate on this : "there is a matter of the runtime system 
including libraries" ? Have you got some examples to enlight my fuzzy vision 
of problems about "runtime system" ?

Thanks a lot.

On the other hand, except above problems, Ocaml compiler already provides 
parts of what one expect of a Java compiler : high-performance GC, optimized 
code generation...

Dominique


>I expect this would be an enjoyable research project,
>but not something one should expect to deploy practically any time soon.
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>- FChE