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Bruno Cabasson wrote:
> Java provides many of what has been evocated (OO, modularity, JIT,
> platform/OS comptibility, etc ..). But how could we take advantage of it
> without ending with something too heavy?

Remove the Java class libraries. :-) Seriously, the VM itself is not
that bad.

> Java cannot be the choice for the rendering engine for obvious performance
> reasons, but it might be a good candidate for the language/syntax aspect,
> provided we can define some restrictions and rules. But I absolutely don't
> know what and how ... Alladin's lamp welcome! (Might be a good name for
> something, no? You just polish, and something magic comes out!)

I'm not suggesting Java the _language_, I was suggesting the Java _VM_.

That said, now that I've thought about it, Mono might be a better
choice. Much as I dislike using something that has Microsoft's fingers
in it, .Net is much better suited to building other languages on. The
Java VM is fairly tied to the Java language (though that is improving,
these days).

- --
William Tracy
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You know you've been raytracing too long when your 18 year-old daughter
asks if she can marry one of the POV Team, and you give her your
complete blessing.
    -- Taps a.k.a. Tapio Vocadlo
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