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

[Francois LETELLIER <francois.letellier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:24 25/09/2003 +0200, Christophe Ney wrote:

> Hi Dominique,
>
> This is something we should definitively explore. Will you
> get the chance to attend our meeting this Friday? If so we
> will be very happy to learn more from your effort then.

Hi all,
sounds like native Java compilation is becoming a hot topic. Hotter every day.
Are there initiatives set up by the college of architects to cover this 
topic ? Would the next meeting og the college be the opportrunity of 
setting up a track on this matter, and to invite speakers from various 
companies and research labs ?

> Thanks,
> Christophe
>
> Christophe Ney
> President of the Executive Committee
> ObjectWeb Consortium
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dominique.devito@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:dominique.devito@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 10:00 PM
> > To: architecture@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ObjectWeb architecture] just an idea for (Java) native
> > compilation
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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François LETELLIER
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