begin quoting Tracy R Reed as of Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 11:24:54AM -0800: > Randall Shimizu wrote: > > Well Java runs on almost all computer platforms, > > incuding embedded devices. > > As does Python. In fact I bet Python runs on more because it is open > source and easily ported. You have to rely on Sun to port their JVM to > your platform with Java.
Um, no. You do _not_ have to rely on Sun to port their JVM. You can download the spec and implement your own. It's just that because Sun *gives* away a good implementation, there's not much reason for good Java developers to work on an open-source implementation. Don't blame Sun for the FSF failure to implement a half-decent version *GIVEN A SPECIFICATION* _and_ a reference implementation to test against. -Stewart "Graduate students implement working subsets of the JVM" Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
