Etienne Gagnon wrote:
I have no religious beliefs in either direction. I say: do it where it makes the most sense. Note how JikesRVM is much less "portable" than SableVM, even if it's written in Java. Yet, see how faster it is, even if it's written in Java. (DREAM WARNING) Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing a hybrid SableVM/JikesRVM where bootstrap happens in C (no complex platform dependent image generation process), but adaptive compilation happens in Java...
You never ever know what might just stroll in and say "hi!"... :) geir
