From: SASADA Koichi <ko1@...>
Date: 2005-10-06T01:33:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Does YARV bring us closer to Ruby for embedded machines

Hi,

Forrest Chang wrote:
> Hi All:
> 
>    Wondering if getting a VM for Ruby means we could create a stripped
> down Ruby VM (RubyME?) for embedded applications?  I've been wanting
> to write some apps for my phone or PDA and was dreading having to use J2ME.  RubyME could be a good thing.

YARV doesn't care consuming memories.  I want to try porting YARV on 
resource limited machine someday.  Fortunately, YARV uses VM generator 
to build, so it's easy to develop YARV for embedded h/w.

And Charlie pointed out, real time GC is also important.

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