Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 07:27:10 +0200 (SAST) From: Peter van Heusden <pvh@leftside.wcape.school.za> To: SHUDO Kazuyuki <shudoh@muraoka.info.waseda.ac.jp> Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: JITs for FreeBSD (was Re: somewhat new to java questions) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9903010725330.72244-100000@leftside.wcape.school.za> In-Reply-To: <199902220712.QAA04036@cafe.muraoka.info.waseda.ac.jp>
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On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, SHUDO Kazuyuki wrote: > Peter van Heusden wrote: > > > So JITs don't seem to be a problem at the moment - its just a pity the > > Java 1.2 HotSpot compiler looks like it will remain proprietary. The > > concepts behind HotSpot seem very interesting. > > I understand that HotSpot is the name Sun calls some > techniques. Adaptive compilation which is one of > elements of HotSpot can be implemented by someone other > than Sun. It may have been already implemented in JITs > by Symantec or Microsoft. > > I don't know whether HotSpot includes some patents or not. > It might include patents Sun bought from HP, I can't remember accurately. Might do, but as far as I know, some of the HotSpot techniques are merely extensions of what was already done in the Self programming environment (http://self.smli.com, as I recall). Papers on Self, and the Self source code, are freely available. Peter -- Peter van Heusden | Its the 90's, and collective action is STILL cool! pvh@leftside.wcape.school.za | Get active in your union today! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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