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,XPRIO autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e17a4d5bc0d42b86,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-27 08:43:10 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!isdnet!newsfeed.icl.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news2-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "chris.danx" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Ada and JVM? Why not AdaVM? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 16:47:45 -0000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.252.146.218 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news2-win.server.ntlworld.com 980613681 62.252.146.218 (Sat, 27 Jan 2001 16:41:21 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 16:41:21 GMT Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:4602 Date: 2001-01-27T16:47:45+00:00 List-Id: Hi, I'm curious to know why everyones so keen to stick Ada 95 on the JVM. Would a VM designed specifically for Ada 95 be of any benefit? Or would it be a pointless exercise (considering the development of JGNAT)? ((I'm not just talking about the VM here, but also about the APIs' provided with it; As you know the Java APIs' are extensive)) I suppose I want to know the answer to the following. Does Ada have a VM which serves a similar purpose to the JVM for Java (and is used in the same area)? If not, why not? And would there be any benefits in the design of such a system? Maybe these are stupid questions, but sometimes they're the best kind of questions to ask. Thanks, Chris Campbell