Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-harmony-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 23126 invoked from network); 13 May 2005 09:16:24 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 13 May 2005 09:16:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 38023 invoked by uid 500); 13 May 2005 09:20:31 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-harmony-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 37974 invoked by uid 500); 13 May 2005 09:20:31 -0000 Mailing-List: contact harmony-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 37958 invoked by uid 99); 13 May 2005 09:20:31 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 required=10.0 tests=FORGED_RCVD_HELO X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (hermes.apache.org: local policy) Received: from fly.ebs.gr (HELO fly.ebs.gr) (62.103.84.177) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.28) with ESMTP; Fri, 13 May 2005 02:20:30 -0700 Received: from ebs.gr (root@hal.ebs.gr [10.1.1.2]) by fly.ebs.gr (8.12.9p1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j4D9G8AB090341 for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 12:16:08 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from past@ebs.gr) Received: from [10.1.1.200] (pptp.ebs.gr [10.1.1.200]) by ebs.gr (8.13.3/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j4D9G5Gd031330 for ; Fri, 13 May 2005 12:16:06 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from past@ebs.gr) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.0.308 [266.11.9]); Fri, 13 May 2005 12:15:56 +0300 Message-ID: <4284704A.5010306@ebs.gr> Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 12:15:54 +0300 From: Panagiotis Astithas Organization: EBS Ltd. User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Against using Java to implement Java (Was: Java) References: <42846855.6040101@algroup.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <42846855.6040101@algroup.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Ben Laurie wrote: > Mark Brooks wrote: > >>> One of the reasons why not, from my POV, is because it runs so badly >>> on most platforms. >> >> >> >> I can't comment on that. I've used it on Solaris, Linux, and >> Windows. However, that is a VM issue, not a language issue. > > > It doesn't matter where the problem lies, the point is that I can't > develop on the platforms I need/want to develop on. Is it fair to assume that the problems you would be facing stem from the unavailability of the Sun JDK for your preferred platform? In that case if a Harmony build could be bootstrapped using gcj/kaffe/jcvm/JikesRVM you would be a happy camper, right? Cheers, Panagiotis -- Panagiotis Astithas, PhD EBS, Electronic Business Systems Ltd. 18 Evgenidou Street, 115 25, Athens GREECE Phone: +30 210 674 7631 Fax: +30 210 674 7601 http://www.ebs.gr