Perhaps a little emphasis in your quastion would make the answer more obvious:
"Why target Oracle's Java *optimised *JVM or Microsoft's C# *optimised * CLR?" They're optimised... massively. Optimisations in the JVM have accumulated over many years now, and it's arguably the best performing VM currently available. That, and the gazillions of libraries/tools that are available for the platform. On 11 November 2010 07:46, Vince O'Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Nov 10, 6:13 pm, Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> wrote: > > My understanding of the question is: "I want to develop a new language, > what > > are the pros and cons of targeting the JVM?". > > Ah, you've put it much better than I did! > That's it exactly. Why target Oracle's Java optimised JVM or > Microsoft's C# optimised CLR? (Apart from "because they're and > everywhere".) Isn't there an open VM suitable for hosting these open > languages? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Kevin Wright mail / gtalk / msn : [email protected] pulse / skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
