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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: C to JVM, time to revive JGNAT?
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Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:00:29 +0200
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On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:04:11 +0200, Maciej Sobczak wrote:

> No, but the biggest challenge in portability is the relatively small 
> (when compared to, say, Java) standard library.
> For example, write a web browser in Ada (net+gui+crypto+...) and let me 
> know how much portable it is.

It is a difficult question. You cannot pack everything into libraries for
obvious reasons. I can imagine a system without GUI, but it is difficult to
do for numeric things. Then, when you say NET, I'd ask which one? Can I
have field buses, multicast protocols, time-triggered protocols in Java?
The next question about non-functional requirements. What can be said about
rendering performance of that portable browser, how many numeric operations
will be required for encrypting 1MB, etc?

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