Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-harmony-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 86424 invoked from network); 4 Nov 2005 17:07:42 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 4 Nov 2005 17:07:40 -0000 Received: (qmail 80366 invoked by uid 500); 4 Nov 2005 17:07:19 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-harmony-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 80241 invoked by uid 500); 4 Nov 2005 17:07:19 -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 80191 invoked by uid 99); 4 Nov 2005 17:07:18 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 04 Nov 2005 09:07:18 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests= X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (asf.osuosl.org: local policy) Received: from [17.250.248.87] (HELO smtpout.mac.com) (17.250.248.87) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 04 Nov 2005 09:07:11 -0800 Received: from mac.com (smtpin01-en2 [10.13.10.146]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/8.12.11/smtpout05/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id jA4H6t7e024005 for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 09:06:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (pool-71-102-163-82.snloca.dsl-w.verizon.net [71.102.163.82]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin01/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id jA4H6rQU001659 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 09:06:54 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) In-Reply-To: <27FECD09-E16E-46C7-B3B6-8CA500F44794@apache.org> References: <43669468.4090205@dedasys.com> <8cca42d80510311433r66636d23mb3044a568736180@mail.gmail.com> <4366E968.4010607@anu.edu.au> <8cca42d80511010454y34ae0e55w9cd35babd94d1b18@mail.gmail.com> <63280.202.55.156.42.1130850573.squirrel@sqmail.anu.edu.au> <8cca42d80511010545pfd544f1wbe2ec82d6029eded@mail.gmail.com> <43681EEB.6020802@anu.edu.au> <436B19D9.4020604@anu.edu.au> <27FECD09-E16E-46C7-B3B6-8CA500F44794@apache.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <43386196-816A-4EA3-A5D0-E0502E55371A@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Craig Blake Subject: Re: half-baked idea? j2me Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 09:06:48 -0800 To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Seems like the difference is that once the little bootstrap piece is done you wouldn't need to recompile it every time... heck, you might not ever have to if you could just download a little binary for your platform. Craig On Nov 4, 2005, at 4:21 AM, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: > > On Nov 4, 2005, at 3:20 AM, Robin Garner wrote: > >> Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: >> >> >>> >>> On Nov 1, 2005, at 9:05 PM, Robin Garner wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Actually my colleagues at ANU and I were remarking last week >>>> that all the recent discussion on the Harmony list (configure >>>> scripts, packed structs etc etc) were close to being proof that >>>> Java was the easier way to go. >>>> >>> >>> >>> C'mon... you still have to deal with that with a Java based VM >>> because you still need the bootstrap stuff... >>> >>> geir >>> >>> >>> >> Yes, but only in a tiny percentage of the code, only for a handful >> of API calls, and none of it performance critical. >> > > And all of it requiring configure scripts? :) > > geir > > > > -- > Geir Magnusson Jr +1-203-665-6437 > geirm@apache.org > >