Sascha Brawer <address@hidden> wrote: > When it comes to sharing VM internals, I'd be
mostly interested about
> some common compiler infrastructure written in Java, such as a framework
> for an Intermediate Representation. But I guess it would be
very hard to
> come to an agreemant about how to do it correctly. It might be easier
for
> other parts, such as assemblers.
Although it was designed to be a common infrastructure,
the Jikes RVM optimizing compiler (JIT) is written in Java, so if
someone undertakes this project, they may want to look at it as a basis.
Mark Wielaard <address@hidden> wrote: > I would like to see talks about:
. . .
> - JRVM, implementing the difficult stuff in an easy language.
There is an OOPSLA'99 paper that describes this topic,
available at (http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/jikesrvm/info/pubs.shtml#oopsla99_jvm)
Mark Wielaard <address@hidden> wrote: > Seriously. I think GNU Classpath is the boring
project. It is what it
> enables people do with it that makes it so exciting! Having people
> create big complex free programs on top of it like Eclipse
> (http://www.eclipse.org/) or XWT (http://www.xwt.org/) is nice. And
> writing application in an easy language for the GNOME framework is
> really productive. And we are also the catalyst for all these cool
> VM/Compiler projects mentioned above. Giving people the freedom to
do
> these kinds of innovative things without them being
> controlled/sanctioned by someone is why I think GNU Classpath is
> meaningful.
I agree.
Mucho kudos should go to the GNU Classpath developers.
It has enabled Jikes RVM to run Eclipse using a completely open source
system.
Furthermore, the kudos that the Jikes RVM team regularly
receive from our large community of researchers should transitively be passed
on to the GNU Classpath developers. Thanks!
Mike
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Michael Hind, Manager, Dynamic Optimization Group, Jalapeño Project
IBM Watson Research Center
http://www.research.ibm.com/people/h/hind
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Jikes RVM open source release: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/jikesrvm