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Received: by cheltenham.cs.arizona.edu; Mon, 24 Jul 1995 12:37:59 MST
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 12:56:27 -0500
From: jeffery@runner.jpl.utsa.edu (Clinton L. Jeffery)
Message-Id: <9507241756.AA00761@runner.utsa.edu>
To: dkuhlman@netcom.com
Cc: icon-group@cs.arizona.edu
In-Reply-To: <dkuhlmanDC58GD.HDt@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Compile Icon to Java VM?
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Errors-To: icon-group-errors@cs.arizona.edu
Has anyone at the Icon Project thought about compiling Icon to
the byte-code for the Java virtual/abstract machine?
I've looked at Java with some interest. What you suggest would be
quite difficult though; compiling to a virtual machine that doesn't
support goal-directed evaluation would be about as hard as compiling
Icon to C, and we all know how hard that's proven to be.
If the Java community (or one of the other very high level languages)
decided that generators and goal-directed evaluation were worth implementing,
it would make it much easier to do Icon-related hybrid work of this sort.
My own personal interest in Java will depend on whether it is truly
public domain with source available, or whether it is going to turn
into a proprietary product at some point. Oh yes, and the fact that
it is a C++ dialect makes me want to choke. :-)
Clint Jeffery
jeffery@ringer.cs.utsa.edu
The University of Texas at San Antonio