[Coco] [Color Computer] Java for the m6809

[John W. Linville]

Did you read the paper at all?  Or could you not be bothered?

If you only care about practical computing, why on earth are you
reading this list?

So, will you be able to run "Fantastic Java-based Desktop App 2.7"
on your MultiVue desktop?  Of course not.  So what?

Might you be able to write something new?  Using a modern language and
development tools?  To ultimately run something on your coco or similar
hardware?  I don't see why not, other than laziness or disinterest...

Is your reflexive pessimism helpful to the group?  No.

John

On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 03:46:35AM -0000, James Diffendaffer wrote:
> Oh really?
> 
> Did I miss the part where Java isn't just a bunch of byte codes but
> also a bunch of APIs that require dynamic loading.
> Did I miss the fact that to convert almost ANY Java program you need
> to convert those as well?
> 
> Did I miss the part where even if my last program didn't use ANY APIs
> at all it was still too large for a CoCo's 64K address space?
> 
> And don't even get me started on math and other things.
> 
> Look, you can convert small java programs that don't use the standard
> APIs but almost everything uses those APIs so what's the point?
> 
> I should also point out that when you eliminate the interpreter you
> also loose the run time protections that go with it.  Granted you
> would probably only use this for an embedded project with your own
> code... but still.  Who even makes a 6809 anymore?
> 
> --- In ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com, "John W. Linville"
> <linville at ...> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 05, 2008 at 01:40:24AM -0000, James Diffendaffer wrote:
> > > Interesting but java doesn't have to page RAM and 64K isn't going to
> > > be enough.
> > 
> > I think you missed the point of the project...
> > 
> > > 
> > > >How have I not seen this before?
> > > >
> > > >http://wwwusers.ts.infn.it/~kavka/software.html
> > > >
> > > >I'm not a Java person at all, but that looks like a cool project to
> > > >me...
> > 
> > -- 
> > John W. Linville
> > linville at ...
> >
> 
> 
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