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=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MSGID_RANDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e17a4d5bc0d42b86 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-27 14:41:41 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!news.iac.net!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail From: gdemont@my-deja.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada and JVM? Why not AdaVM? Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 22:31:59 GMT Organization: Deja.com Message-ID: <94vi8v$g7d$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.35.34.198 X-Article-Creation-Date: Sat Jan 27 22:31:59 2001 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.5 [fr]C-CCK-MCD diax30 (Win98; I) WebWasher 2.2.1 X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x72.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 212.35.34.198 X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDgdemont Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:4612 Date: 2001-01-27T22:31:59+00:00 List-Id: Maybe it would be a VM & API too much ? IMHO Ada's strength is to have a wide portability while being able to compile to optimised native code. A bit of chameleon-ism. You want also a portable compiled code ? JVM is there. You want efficient numerics (e.g.) ? You recompile for the target processor & OS. I just recompiled a big simulation program developed on a Compaq server (Alpha/OpenVMS/DEC Ada) on my laptop (PC/Win98/GNAT). Just 1 mistake DEC Ada did not see and 1 Ada83 -> Ada95 incompatibility to correct, and it runs. That flexibility is the big advantage for me. A dedicated VM would - maybe - be contra-productive in that sense. Again, IMHO... __________________________________________ Gautier -- http://www.diax.ch/users/gdm/ Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/