Re: [DotGNU]Re: Support Java for .GNU

[Jeremy Petzold]

I was under the assumtion that we had decided to
support Java along with C#.

--- Martin Coxall <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Aren't you aware of the Free Software
> implementations of Java?
> > (They're not as powerful as Sun's proprietary
> implementation,
> > but quite usable.)
> 
> I am, but simply because you release the code under
> the GPL does not absolve 
> you from compliance with Sun's stringent (and
> proprietary) licensing terms, 
> and the use of a closed, proprietary language. I
> feel we have no choice to 
> avoid Java entirely, or suffer the pollutement of
> our system architecture 
> with legal hassle from overactive Sun lawyers who
> see us threatining their 
> revenue stream. This will happen if we use Java as a
> core, it is only a 
> matter of time/
> 
> > > help out Mono instead...
> >
> > Actually there's a problem in this area.  Mono's
> C# compiler is
> > written in C#.  So you need another C# compiler to
> bootstrap it.
> > How to do this without using Microsoft's C#
> compiler?
> 
> Well, there is Portable.NET's attempts to write a
> GCC frontend, of course. C# 
> is an ideal language in which to write c# compilers,
> however, because of the 
> nature of the System.reflection.emit() API. What we
> need is a GNU/Linux 
> JITter for Mono (written in C). Ximian has work on
> that well underway. If we 
> helped them, we could have it down in a month or
> two...
> 
> ---
> Martin
> ---
> 
> "Where laughing and smiling are not allowed"
> 
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