Re: Linux for JavaVM
Alexandre Maret (amaret@infomaniak.ch)
Sun, 19 Jan 1997 18:47:33 +0100
Matthias Urlichs wrote:
>
> In linux.dev.kernel, article <Pine.LNX.3.95.970107173232.30178B-100000@erm6.u-strasbg.fr>,
> Stephane Casset <casset@erm6.u-strasbg.fr> writes:
> >
> > Why translating the source to Java, just keep it in C or C++ but compile
> > it for the Java VM... The important thing is to have the bytecode. I am
> > wrong ?
> >
> Yes: you are wrong. The bytecode does NOT support such C features as
> "dereference an arbitrary pointer". The Java VM is supposed to afford a
> safe, "boxed", environment for arbitrary Java code snippets. You can't do
> that if you would ever allow the bytecode equivalent of perfectly-legal C
> code such as "*(char *)0x123456 = 0x78" to run.
there is bytecodes for memory access. It is just not
supported by the "classical" Java VM. But it is
supported by JavaOS.
Otherwise, how could you write a completely Java
Look for JavaOS information on http://www.javasoft.com
alex
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