[Info-vax] Java portability and VMS

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 18-02-2011 17:22, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
> Arne Vajhøj<arne at vajhoej.dk>  wrote:
>> On 18-02-2011 10:12, hb wrote:
> (snip)
>
>>> If you look at this from another viewpoint you have to admit that Java
>>> itself is not portable. Java runs only on one platform: the JVM, the
>>> Java Virtual Machine.
>
> I thought that there was a Java front-end for gcc, that would
> generate code as gcc would.

GCC still support that.

>> That has always been Stroustrups point.
>
>> And it is correct, but it really does not mean anything.
>
> Also, there was once work on hardware support for JVM, but I
> haven't heard much about that for years now.

I don't think it ever took off.

The closest today must be Azul that sell Java appliances
(some CPU with custom OS and JVM) to run Java apps.

I believe their top model comes with about 800 CPU
cores and 800 GB of memeory.

Arne