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DateTue, 7 Jan 1997 17:36:23 +0100 (MET)
FromStephane Casset <>
SubjectRe: Linux for JavaVM
On Tue, 7 Jan 1997 bofh@snoopy.virtual.net.au wrote:

> > Has anyone considered the possibility of porting linux to the JavaVM? I
> 
>   I don't think that this is a possibility.  C and Java are totally different
> languages with different ways of managing memory, code calling, and program
> design.  There is no way you could simply re-write the code.  When you have
> something like a PASCAL or ADA program that you want to convert to C (or the
> other way around) then you can mostly just replace syntax and rename variables
> (I've done this sort of thing a few times).  But Java and C are too different. 
> C++ to Java would be possible if the C++ was structured in the right way, but
> not C to Java.

Why translating the source to Java, just keep it in C or C++ but compile
it for the Java VM... The important thing is to have the bytecode. I am
wrong ? 

Stef
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