Archive for November, 2006

The JVM as a Language Host

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

A frequent topic of discussion these days is whether, and to what extent, the Java Virtual Machine is suited for languages other than Java, and in particular "dynamic" languages like Ruby. Sun says yes, others disagree--so how do we settle it? One line of argument says that the JVM was developed ...

Pragmatism(1)

Sunday, November 12th, 2006

The last couple of days people have been pointing out Chris Oliver's blog on his new language, F3. F3 is a language hosted on the JVM which targets creating content in 2D, using Java2D APIs. I won't go into the details, but I recommend you try out the demos (he's got ...

On the road again

Sunday, November 12th, 2006

For a long time, I haven't been blogging, partly because I really wanted a cross-posting with my own website, and was too lazy to set it up. I will be, therefore, courageous and just starting blogging again, as I have a whole number of ideas that keep bubbling up, and ...