Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 8 Jun 1996 11:13:03 -0400 (EDT) | From | Eric Plante <> | Subject | Re: Sun, Java, Linux |
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On Wed, 5 Jun 1996, Matt Hartley wrote:
> > Dude, do you see a C compiler in the kernel? How about C++ ? > > Fortran? Ada? Pascal? BASIC? Any programming language at all? > > > > Compilation or interpretation of a programming language is a user-space > > thing - it does NOT belong in the kernel. > > > > The kernel is for funky things like hardware drivers, handling the > > multitasking, etc. > > > Tell that to Sun.
Actually, if you consider that .class files _are_ compiled (for the Java VM, that is), then it you could argue that putting a "java machine" emulator in the kernel would make sense... You could even consider it as another binary format (which I think is the generally accepted point of view)..
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