Re: Java (Re: [LI] Re: Linux India Digest V1 #247)

["Bilal Muddassir" <noorh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What is a JavaOS? An OS? Can be run on Intel? How fast would Java apps
become by doing that?

Is there any Java processor that has native hardware understanding of Java
so that the JVM's slowness can be avoided?

----- Original Message -----
From: Arun Sharma <adsharma@xxxxxxxx>
To: <linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 9:14 AM
Subject: Java (Re: [LI] Re: Linux India Digest V1 #247)


| On Fri, Oct 08, 1999 at 02:50:00PM -0500, balajiiyer@xxxxxxxx wrote:
|
| > Does this mean we dont need Java, since the OS (Linux) is the same
| > across all platforms ?
|
| No. Linux/IA32 binaries will not run on Linux PowerPC. You still need
| many binaries. Java solves the problem.
|
| But the fundamental problem with Java is performance. If someone can
| get superfast hardware or make JVMs fast enough that you don't care
| about performance, Java would be great!
|
| -Arun
|
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