Re: CF: Java server, HP/UX

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Subject: Re: CF: Java server, HP/UX
From: William Tanksley <wtanksle@ucsd.edu>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 08:35:11 -0800 (PST)
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On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Christian Stieber wrote:

>provided they have sufficient CPU power. crossfire runs fine on our
>HP apollo systems --- but all Java programs I have seen were crawling.
>The idea of having a virtual machine is old (in fact, UCSD-p became
>even somewhat popular), but it has always been slow. Compiling Java
>into real machine code would be a lot better than compiling Java into
>Bytecode and compiling/interpreting this.

Some Java 'machines' do just that.

I'm helping work on a project intended to handle this problem -- not with
Java, but rather using a different idea, essentially a portable binary
designed to be easily compiled to native code rather than easily
interpreted.

Interestingly enough, it was originally designed for a semi-Roguelike.
Limited info is at www.deus.net, but that doesn't discuss the
SmartBinaries.

Crossfire, need I add, has been a great inspiration :).

>Christian

-Billy

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CF: Java server, HP/UX

From: Christian Stieber <stieber@informatik.tu-muenchen.de>

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