From: MikkelFJ <mikkelj-anti-spam@...1.dknet.dk>
Date: 2001-11-17T04:27:27+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:25616] Re: .Net, JVM and languages.

"Armin Roehrl" <armin@approximity.com> wrote in message
news:7JD37.12224$u76.645913@e420r-atl3.usenetserver.com...

> Yes. gcc3.0 can even compile java classes into native machine code now.
[gcj]
> Look at: http://gcc.gnu.org/java/

It is interesting. How much of the GNU compiler infrastructure could be
reused for a Ruby compiler?

But a Ruby on Java should be as independent of a specific VM as possible.
This includes the gcj compilers runtime. I.e. targeting gcj specifically
would limit Ruby to that platform - or that is a risc at least.

I think the primary objectives are speed and two-way Ruby to VM class
library integration.

Mikkel