Tim Ellison wrote: > Geir Magnusson Jr wrote: >> I'm +1 except I'd like to see us get to the point where we can >> >> - produce a full snapshot of classlib + VM (using DRLVM or JCHEVM or >> whatever) > > Absolutely, so how close are we to doing that?
Trying to wack the drlvm build into shape... > >> - understand the timing of getting said VMs far enough that code will >> continue to run > > I hope it will not be too much work for said VMs to grok the new class > file format, without doing all the TI, instrument, reflection, ... stuff. > > Can people in the know tell me if said VMs can grok LDC CONSTANT_class, > Synthetic access specifiers, etc? If so we can run what we have got > built with the 1.5 compiler target. > >> While I'm stunningly grateful for the support IBM is providing with J9, >> and am looking forward to continuing support being very valuable and >> useful for us, we need to get the point of basic self-reliance wrt VM, >> and I'd at least like to understand what the 1.5 implications are, and >> the timelines for doing it. > > Understood -- and me too. Time line is important since doing things > like concurrent and annotation will depend upon further VM support. > > Regards, > Tim > >> Tim Ellison wrote: >>> Thanks to many stellar contributions all round we are pretty much >>> exhausting the work we can do with the temporary solution we adopted of >>> source=1.5 target=jsr14|1.4 compiler flags. >>> >>> How do you feel about moving to 1.5 for real? It would be simple to >>> change the Java compiler build options to generate 1.5 class files. >>> >>> AIUI there is at least some 1.5 awareness in DRLVM and JCHEVM (and >>> SableVM?) which would allow the current functionality to work, and IBM >>> can provide a 1.5 version of the IBM VME to run on. >>> >>> Thoughts? >>> >>> Tim >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
