Re: [DotGNU]pnet and java again

[Jakob Praher]

Am Die, 2002-02-05 um 04.21 schrieb S11001001:
> 
> The only part of pnet that should be Java should be the Java language to IL 
> bytecode compiler, to allow Java code to be used in pnet projects. Otherwise, 
> Java support should be relegated to the Java SEE plugin.
> 
> I base this belief on the fact that Java deserves a separate program, and it 
> more correctly implements the language-agnosticism intended by the SEE/DEE 
> architecture. So far, I believe too much development weight has been placed 
> on 
> the pnet project, but this should change once Java has a project of its own. 
> I 
> do not want to see a monolithic pnet that handles most of the DotGNU workload.

ok.
A vm devoted to java would surely be the best way to go, but given the
fact that all free jvm implementations, like japhar and kaffe, are in
hibernation mode right now, I felt, that working with pnet as a base  vm
could be interesting.

What I could imagine is, having generic modules, like Rhys is trying
with the jit engine, I think, that can be used both for a JAVA runtime
and a CLR.

for instance
        a GC module
        a JIT module
        ....

so that we can reuse as much as possible, and that both sides could
benefit from improvments.

(As I know too little about the CLR - so I don't know how complicated
this sharing really is).
   
> 
> Thus, in my opinion, good design calls for minimal Java support in pnet, with 
> real Java work relegated to the separate Java plugin project.
> 
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