From: Darren New <dnew@san.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Gratuitous bashing ?
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 16:37:12 GMT
Date: 2001-10-10T16:37:12+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BC47929.A22F574A@san.rr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 9q1rhq$gjl$1@nh.pace.co.uk
Marin David Condic wrote:
> I noticed they claim Java was developed for embedded systems. I don't recall
> that being the objective behind Java and I don't think I've encountered any
> embedded Java projects.
IIRC, Java was originally called "Green" or "Greentree" or some such,
and was intended for set-top boxes. The idea was to allow stuff like TV
listings and such to not rely on the specifics of the set-top box.
> Last I heard, it basically went to interpreted byte
> code - which is not a typical strategy for embedded computing.
It's getting more common for the parts that aren't real-time. At least
one cell phone has a JVM built into it.
--
Darren New
San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand.
Who is this Dr. Ibid anyway,
and how does he know so much?
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Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-10 14:56 Gratuitous bashing ? Wes Groleau
2001-10-10 16:04 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-10 16:37 ` Darren New [this message]
2001-10-10 16:41 ` Ted Dennison
2001-10-10 17:33 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-10 18:22 ` Darren New
2001-10-10 22:39 ` Jeffrey Carter
2001-10-11 13:51 ` Cesar Rabak
2001-10-10 20:52 ` Wes Groleau
2001-10-11 13:32 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-11 15:20 ` Wes Groleau
2001-10-10 16:21 ` Ted Dennison
2001-10-10 17:34 ` Marin David Condic
2001-10-11 12:14 ` M. A. Alves
2001-10-10 19:03 ` Robert*
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