Re: Sun looking at JVM bytecode extensions to support dynamic languages

Matthias Radestock <[email protected]> Thu, 09 Dec 2004 20:49:02 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.sisc.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Andrew Wilcox wrote:

> So if there are any bytecode additions that would help SISC, you might
> want to chat with Tim (tim.bray at sun.com) and get in the loop.

Thanks.

SISC is an interpreter, so we don't care about the JVM bytecodes all 
that much. OTOH, one of the main reasons that SISC *is* an interpreter 
is that the JVM sucks as target for Scheme ...

"There wasn’t a mob howling for tail recursion." they say!!! They were 
obviously talking to the wrong people.


Matthias.



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