Re: New language on JVM?
On 12-12-2010 13:29, BGB wrote:
On 12/12/2010 8:28 AM, Arne Vajh?j wrote:
On 12-12-2010 00:42, BGB wrote:
On 12/11/2010 8:18 PM, jamesl wrote:
If you have ever wanted to implement a new language on top of the JVM,
then this series may be of
interest to you: Redline: Smalltalk in 'small talks' ....
http://blog.redline.st/2010/12/12/redline-smalltalk-in-%E2%80%9Csmall-talks%E2%80%9D/
More than just Smalltalk is covered.
in my case, I would like (decent) C and C# support...
also maybe dynamic compilation, ...
C# is done:
http://dev.mainsoft.com/Default.aspx?tabid=130#MS_IL_to_Java_ByteCode_Compilation
this is a way to do it...
admittedly it is a bit crufty IMO, but oh well.
To support multiple .NET languages it may actually
be the smart way.
There are plenty of dynamic compilation possibilities
for Java.
agreed...
one can produce bytecode and shove it into the classloader, for example...
if one has JDK they can invoke javac (but, it is a little bit of a hack
though, and "compile this Java code and load it" is not exactly a
standard API feature, although yes, it is more standard than throwing
together ones' own VM to do the job).
Java has had a documented compiler API since 1.6.
(I think that API is unnecessary convoluted, but it exists)
Arne
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