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Re: Java on the Apple2 and C64



John Selck wrote:
On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:04:40 +0200, Tristan Mumford <xtristan.xmumford@xgmail.xcom> wrote:

Very good work though. I never would have expected anything Java within a
stone throw (or serial cable) of an 8-bitter.


Lego mindstorm also have a Java engine in their small computers. It's a very
restricted kind of Java though, it doesn't have a garbage collector and
because of this everything has to be static or atleast a known number of
instances.

A very reasonable restriction for a real-time environment...

-michael

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