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Todd has a homepage at
http://www.research.microsoft.com/~toddpro/
He recently told me that
> Jcon is not currently available. (And it may never be if performance
> problems remain elusive.) Don't expect it anytime soon.
>
I suggested that he post his Icon tokenizer to the Icon sites where
others might be able to use it. He said that the tokenizer was not in a
satisfactory package for public distribution. He did say that the
tokenizer that ships with Icon was badly flawed. I.e. don't use theirs,
but you can't have mine.
I would not hold your breath on Todd. He is working for Micro$oft now.
Bill is probably asking him what's taking so long to conquer the world.
Todd has a zillion other things going on, too; Java to C, research
papers, etcetera.
My own two cents is that I am tired of hearing about Java. Seems like
every other Dr. Dobbs has some more puffery about Java. I don't buy
into it. I consider it one of those fads that you see every two years
in the computer industry.
I find it amusing that Todd is working on a Java to C converter. How
does the liquor ad go, "1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990: You always get
back to basics." Now if only we could get that Icon to C converter.
Mark