Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 7 Jan 1997 17:36:23 +0100 (MET) | From | Stephane Casset <> | Subject | Re: Linux for JavaVM |
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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 ?
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