Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-harmony-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 3437 invoked from network); 19 May 2005 21:06:15 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 19 May 2005 21:06:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 38531 invoked by uid 500); 19 May 2005 20:22:39 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-harmony-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 38201 invoked by uid 500); 19 May 2005 20:22:35 -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 37889 invoked by uid 99); 19 May 2005 20:22:29 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.6 required=10.0 tests=DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE,DNS_FROM_RFC_POST,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (hermes.apache.org: domain of jmb_personal@hotmail.com designates 65.54.248.231 as permitted sender) Received: from omc1-s29.bay6.hotmail.com (HELO omc1-s29.bay6.hotmail.com) (65.54.248.231) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.28) with ESMTP; Thu, 19 May 2005 13:22:14 -0700 Received: from hotmail.com ([64.4.51.18]) by omc1-s29.bay6.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Thu, 19 May 2005 08:54:33 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 19 May 2005 08:54:33 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 64.4.51.220 by by107fd.bay107.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 19 May 2005 15:54:32 GMT X-Originating-IP: [64.4.51.220] X-Originating-Email: [jmb_personal@hotmail.com] X-Sender: jmb_personal@hotmail.com In-Reply-To: <135730452.1116486624356.JavaMail.root@set.superlinksoftware.com> From: "Mark Brooks" To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org Bcc: Subject: Re: [arch] VM Candidate : JikesRVM http://jikesrvm.sourceforge.net/ Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 11:54:32 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 May 2005 15:54:33.0164 (UTC) FILETIME=[0C9B48C0:01C55C8B] X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N >That being said...doing so in a portable and platform independent way is >actually HARDER in Java than in C (and by C I mean >C/C++/Objective-C...whatever). Read the Sable paper... you'll see what I >mean :-) > >-Andy I'll certainly read the paper, but I find it difficult to believe that it is harder to implement portability with Java than with C++, given the latter's notorious "holes" in the spec that produce incompatibilities between different compilers and libraries using the same code. _________________________________________________________________ Don�t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/