Claude Mourier 00 wrote: > > Why not replace Java by SBasic (for QL/SMS user only, of course) ? > > De : Tarquin Mills [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > At the show I was asked about the development of my web browser, I have > converted the parser in C. At the moment I am changing my development > environment to one in which I can develop GUI based software. I am unable > to use Prowess as it is seems to be GPL, rather than (LGPL etc.), so this > option was ruled out, and so the program will be Wman based. > At the show I expressed some of the problems of creating a JVM i.e. > Sun not wanting anything but a 100% compatible JVM or it should not be > released. I have spent the week looking into the feasibility of creating > a JVM, and feel it is not feasible. A man doing a RISC OS JVM has > written over 16000 lines of code and is only 95% of the way there (his > product is not released yet). I feel my time would be better spent > concentrating on the browser, rather than one feature of it. Also M$ are > no longer going to give a JVM away with IE. I may however include a > simpler virtual machine in the HB package.
I believe the issue is the support for the existing web content (whithout a JVM, all the Java powered content will be out of reach or, at least, crippled). But, to me, your suggestion makes a lot of sense when we consider a server-side script language: of course, that would mean that a QL WebServer was on the way. Ant�nio
