Re: Java on the Apple2 and C64

[mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

On Aug 10, 8:04 am, Tristan Mumford <xtristan.xmumf...@xgmail.xcom>
wrote:

> > Tsk, you've totally missed the point...
>
> To give me horrible nightmares?
>
> Very good work though. I never would have expected anything Java within a
> stone throw (or serial cable) of an 8-bitter.

Well really, the JVM isn't that far removed from the UCSD p-System it
was (partly) inspired by. The degree of inefficiency implied by the
degree of indirection inherent in object oriented programs probably
implies that the paradigm has little practical use on such a small
machine, whether bytecode interpreted or not.

If it serves to break the "Java/.NET/VM" languages are inefficient
meme, then this project has a practical use that I applaud.

Matt