Java VM for AOS4

[Kay]

Well, I for one would welcome a proper Java implementation for AmigaOS. I use Java quite a lot, as it is the programming language I need for university work. Already I have been forced write: a simulator for a round-robin scheduler, a simulator for a cached virtual file handler, the logic core and file-IO of a monopoly game, and the server portion of a network MUD game. And every time I've needed to do something with the code, I've had to take the 20+ minute hike down to the university. Java for Amiga is something I've wanted for a long time. :-)

The Tao JVM is currently scheduled for the unspecified future, so I wouldn't worry about it making your work redundant too soon.

Kay

[Kay]

> But still I have to wonder, could anyone use it? How much of Kay's Uni work can she do on a limited VM?

Make that: "How much work can HE do". "Kay" (as well as the variants "Kai" and "Kaj") is a male name in scandinavian countries (and in the "Lexx" series :-)). You're not the first to make the mistake, though, I still have nightmares after the letter from Vulcan addressed to "Ms. Kay Are Ulvestad". :nervous:

Anyway, to answer your question, I don't rightly know. How limited is the Kaffe VM? Most of the stuff I've done is command line based, so the GUI libraries wouldn't be all that essential to me. Besides, I guess that once there is a basic implementation, things can be added later on. And, as gnarly pointed out, a limited VM is better than no VM at all.

Kay