Hello everybody.
These are just a few personal thoughts about java and virtual machines
and I thought it could be interesting share them with other linux users.
I was just updating my beloved XEmacs, hacking and fixing a few minor
problems, configuring my system to the detail -- I really love it.
Then I started to think about the lisp machine [ Xl]Emacs holds inside.
It's a real virtual machine: bytecompiled, portable and fairly eficient.
What's the difference with jvm, for example?. jvm has another language,
and a bunch of good libraries to support it. What if lisp (emacs,
common, scheme or whatever) had libraries like the java ones ? Lisp is
flexible, portable, and applications like gimp use it to create plug-ins
wich I think is enough to demonstrate it's power. Also can be Object
oriented (flavors, and the like). With communication libraries, GUI, and
the free software community could have a free equivalent of Java (a Lisp
machine in Mozilla x.xx ?)
I like Java (the way I liked Warp, despite BigBlue marketroids) but
sometimes I get a bit angry when we suffer Sun rarities.
What do you think about it ?
Pax !
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