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Re: C++ to bytecode?
Tom Tromey writes:
> >>>>> "Dale" == Dale E Martin <dmartin@cliftonlabs.com> writes:
>
> Dale> Is the current bytecode backend implemented at all like a
> Dale> standard backend to gcc?
>
> No, it works directly on trees, not RTL. It also doesn't handle all
> trees, just the ones that map well to Java bytecodes.
>
> gcj isn't the only work in this area though. Other people have done
> similar things, maybe with different approaches. I thought I saw a
> real "JVM" back end once, but it was a while ago so perhaps I'm
> mistaken.
No, you're absolutely right and I'd forgotten about it.
Steve Chamberlain of Transmeta wrote it and contributed it but I don't
know what happened after that. I don't think it was *exactly*
standard Java bytecode tho'.
See http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/1999-q3/msg00563.html
Andrew.