From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,78d7c50699ab69a4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-10 09:36:57 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!sjcppf01.usenetserver.com!usenetserver.com!news-west.rr.com!lsnws01.we.mediaone.net!typhoon.san.rr.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3BC47929.A22F574A@san.rr.com> From: Darren New Organization: Boxes! X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Gratuitous bashing ? References: <3BC46184.F88496A8@sparc01.ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <9q1rhq$gjl$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 16:37:12 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.san.rr.com 1002731832 66.75.151.160 (Wed, 10 Oct 2001 09:37:12 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 09:37:12 PDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:14170 Date: 2001-10-10T16:37:12+00:00 List-Id: 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?