Re: JVM Usenix paper got rejected

[burton at relativity dot yi dot org (Kevin A. Burton)]

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Jeff Sturm <jeff.sturm@appnet.com> writes:

> Nic Ferrier wrote:
> > I think that GCJ is a really usefull weapon in the armoury. It may
> > even become a standard way of improving Java performance but my own
> > view is it's likely to remain just another option.
> 
> However gcj is unique in several ways.
> 
<snip>

Here is another... integration with the Operating System and X... it would be
nice if Java developers could write applications and have them become standard
portions of the OS... maybe not the kernel but certainly additional commands and
maybe part of GNOME/KDE.

> Myself, I tire quickly of language wars.  We use Java because it's
> reasonably fast, safe, extensible and well-supported.  But the real
> innovation seems to have drained out of Java nowadays, and I find myself
> keeping one eye open for something better.

yeah... hopefully something better will be GCJ.

Kevin

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