That's a great argument. I need arguments like these. I work with people who dismiss JVM. Even though there are many non-Sun JVM's, folks say, "Sun is dead -> java is dead -> jvm is dead." ..... even though Java is the most popular language right now. http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
I wonder if there will ever be a JM ... that is a chip that natively executes byte code. I wonder what they'd have to say, then. I think I'll do a Google search. I also wonder if it was a tough decision for Rich to cut the CLI support. I know he feels fine looking back. On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Mark H. <mark.hoem...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Jan 16, 6:47 am, e <evier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is it much much easier to make byte code than assembly code? > > I'll chime in too to say that x86 is only king of the desktop / laptop > world -- many portable devices are ARM-based (and a lot of Windows > apps run on ARM), and there are other architectures used for > enterprise and HPC servers. Plus it's not clear to me that x86 will > win, esp. in power-constrained arenas. (All those legacy instructions > and the translation from x86 ops into reasonable microops eat power > and area.) I've dealt with at least six different instruction sets in > my HPC work and the JVM runs on at least five of them: instant > portability! > > mfh > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
