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

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• Subject: Re: [Q] Dylan to Java/JVM compiler?
• From: Andreas Bogk <andreas@andreas.org>
• Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 09:30:01 -0400 (EDT)
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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.

Andreas

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