Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-harmony-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 99478 invoked from network); 16 May 2005 19:46:19 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 16 May 2005 19:46:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 68784 invoked by uid 500); 16 May 2005 15:44:23 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-harmony-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 68570 invoked by uid 500); 16 May 2005 15:44:21 -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 68490 invoked by uid 99); 16 May 2005 15:44:20 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests= X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (hermes.apache.org: local policy) Received: from blossom.betaversion.org (HELO blossom.betaversion.org) (62.140.213.100) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.28) with ESMTP; Mon, 16 May 2005 08:44:18 -0700 Received: by blossom.betaversion.org (Postfix, from userid 101) id F1A5025B403; Mon, 16 May 2005 16:06:08 +0100 (BST) X-AntiVirus-Version: ClamAV 0.85/879 X-AntiSpam-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 X-AntiSpam-Status: No (score=0.0/limit=7.5) Received: from [18.42.3.133] (DSPACE-12.MIT.EDU [18.42.3.133]) by blossom.betaversion.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4249225AF06 for ; Mon, 16 May 2005 16:06:08 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <4288B901.7020201@apache.org> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 11:15:13 -0400 From: Stefano Mazzocchi User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Macintosh/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Java References: <4281779C.8090600@anu.edu.au> <4281B6E3.808@earthlink.net> <4287FDB0.7060006@anu.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <4287FDB0.7060006@anu.edu.au> 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 Steve Blackburn wrote: > The OS dependencies of the core harmony VM should be very minimal. In > the case of Jikes RVM, there is a very thin layer of C code that > interfaces to the OS (signals, system calls, bootstrap). OS ports are > fairly straightforward and very well contained within this interface. > Therefore I don't see OS portability as a concern for the core Harmony > VM. Portability of the libraries is a bigger issue. do you think APR would help there? -- Stefano.