Re: [Q] Dylan to Java/JVM compiler?

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• Subject: Re: [Q] Dylan to Java/JVM compiler?
• From: Chris Double <chris@double.co.nz>
• Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 17:15:02 -0400 (EDT)
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Andreas Bogk <andreas@andreas.org> writes:

> Roland Paterson-Jones <rpjones@hursley.ibm.com> writes:
> 
> > Is any work being done on compiling Dylan source to Java class-files (or
> > java source, for that matter)? This would enable Dylan programs to run
> > on the plethora of JVM's in existance.
> 
> Nobody is working on that, as far as I know. I assume that it simply
> wouldn't run fast enough, since most of the Dylan language primitives
> would need to be emulated.

Since Dylan is quite close to Scheme at some levels, start with Kawa
[1] as a base may be a start. They seem to get quite respectable
speed.

http://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/

Chris.
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• [Q] Dylan to Java/JVM compiler?
• From: Roland Paterson-Jones <rpjones@hursley.ibm.com>
• Re: [Q] Dylan to Java/JVM compiler?
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