Re: Functional Objects Site

Subject: Re: Functional Objects Site
From: Rob Myers <robm@lostwax.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 05:45:04 -0500 (EST)
Organization: Lost Wax Media Ltd.
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Harlequin had a poll up for ages, so they probably did the demographics.
The Java VM is something that was considered for Dylan some time ago: you can get notes
on this from sunsite and the archives of this group, I think. The big problem is that
Java's idea of objects and method dispatch is different enough to Dylan's that a lot of
inefficient glue code would have to be generated. Mindy uses a different bytecode
scheme and a custom VM.
Linux is the land of free software: charging isn't in fashion there. A general UN*X
port would be good idea, though.
My big vote would be for MacOS, probably OS-X with its UN*X-ey underpinnings. Macs are
used in academia and research a lot, and have a history of strong language
implementations with strong followings from non-giant companies
(MacLisp/MacPerl/CodeWarrior/ProGraph). There's a difference between market size and
market percentage...

- Rob.

rwk@americom.com wrote:

> > I'm looking forward towards seeing what the "other platforms" they
> > intend to support are.
>
> They should take a poll on their web site.
>
> I vote for Linux and Java VM.

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