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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,LOTS_OF_MONEY, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,be23df8e7e275d73 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-23 04:40:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!newsfeed.mathworks.com!oleane.net!oleane!nnrp.oleane.net!not-for-mail From: "Jean-Pierre Rosen" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Java portability (was: An Ada IDE and discussions) Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 13:23:38 +0200 Organization: Adalog Message-ID: <9jh2cs$aon$1@s1.read.news.oleane.net> References: <%cR67.1385$mz6.4505748@nnrp3.proxad.net> <9jgopl$5v6$1@s1.read.news.oleane.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: mailhost.axlog.fr X-Trace: s1.read.news.oleane.net 995888349 11031 195.25.228.57 (23 Jul 2001 11:39:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@oleane.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 11:39:09 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:10462 Date: 2001-07-23T13:23:38+02:00 List-Id: "nicolas" a �crit dans le message news: lpS67.1427$OA6.4515044@nnrp3.proxad.net... > What I meant is that we write code, we have a working application, and we > can provide it as it is for different platforms. > If the JVM is the only thing that must be ported, at least it's done one for > all for a given platform. > > Ok, you can find different versions of the JVM, compatibility between > Microsoft and Sun can be a problem. > But globally , the concept is excellent, in practice, it works not so bad, > and nobody can deny it is a success. > True, but what I meant is that it is a feature of the JVM, not of the Java language. If you compile Ada for the JVM (Ada-Magic, JGNAT), you'll get exactly the same binary compatibility. -- --------------------------------------------------------- J-P. Rosen (rosen@adalog.fr) Visit Adalog's web site at http://www.adalog.fr