On Saturday 19 April 2008 16:45:10 Patrick Wright wrote: > > > I'd recommend also at least covering (or listing), in brief, the range > > > of languages the JVM has been used to support, even if they haven't > > > developed a large user base--this could include all sorts, including > > > the LISP and Scheme dialects, for example. > > > > This is a chicken and egg problem. OCamlJava would surely be far more > > widely used if it wasn't crippled by missing JVM features. F# is an > > obvious example of what OCamlJava could become if these limitations were > > removed. > > > > I suspect OCaml/F# would be a lot more compelling than Lisp/Scheme but > > YMMV. > > The fact that OCaml-Java, as well as other languages, faces problems > because of JVM limitations is important information for you to share, > IMO. I was only pointing out two types of language implementation that > might not be as popular as the usual suspects but who deserve to be > mentioned, and wasn't intending to exclude any. I'm sure Charles' time > on stage will be limited, but personally think a roll-call would be > pretty cool. But that's just me.
Good idea. I assume someone has mentioned Scala already as well. > I'm sure you have specific issues with the JVM--if you haven't > already, I'm sure the MLVM project would be glad to have you detail > those [1]--John Rose has openly invited people to do so to help guide > MLVM work and research. Likely not every wish can be granted but maybe > you'll be happy with the improvements to the VM that come out of > it--IMO I think your feedback is _crucial_ to the MLVM effort. I suspect you need Xavier Clerc's feedback as I am not directly related to any of this. I shall e-mail him... On a tenuously related note: the project of implementing a concurrent run-time for OCaml was recently awarded funding by Jane St. Capital (one of OCaml's largest industrial backers). -- Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/?e --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JVM Languages" 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/jvm-languages?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
