On 09/12/2011 07:16 PM, Casper Bang wrote:
Given Lars Bak's background, it's most certainly going to involve a VM
of some kind, perhaps a generalization of V8 (which optimistically
maps JavaScript into OO concepts and further down to x86 code
complete with a generational GC).
I think it's likely they'll talk about the VM, but I said a completely
brand new one, that it's the only way I can think of to work around the
patent issues.
What would be really nice to see, is some kind of merge between Dalvik
and V8. I can't help wondering why we haven't seen much of V8 in the
Android browser; could it perhaps be because there had to be
considerate work done in the above regard?!
Sure, there are too many VMs around. Ok where there's competition, but
where the producer is the same I'd like to see a convergence. But I
think that Android and desktop hardware are still too different.
I'd also like to know why products such as LLVM, which are supposed to
be really free (or perhaps not?), aren't considered by Google at all.
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