1 Dec
2000
1 Dec
'00
7:36 a.m.
Iggy Drougge wrote:
John Foust skrev:
Java runs on the Palm Pilot (I have a PIIIx). I'm not sure if it's byte
compiled or not.
On my Linux box I run Java apps which do not use the browser at all.
They just pop up in X (I also have code that runs via the CLI). It still
requires quite a few libraries either way.
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I'm sure Chuck will jump in here, but
certainly Java can run
on very small processors such as the Java Ring or the Pilot,
which isn't far from the average 68000. As part of yet another
business I administer, www.ezsweep.com, I routinely run
three Java instances in DOS windows under Win95 on a P-75
with 16 megs, so there. :-)
But what does Java entail in this case? In its purest form, Java is a
programming language which may be compiled for your processor of choice. In
this case, it will run on most everything. Then there is Java bytecode, which
is compiled for an imaginary Java processor which is emulated on your host
system. Then we have the entire application kit used for writing applets, with
libraries and lots of functions, compiled into bytecode and rendered into a
web browser window. This is where it gets troublesome not only for the
processor, but also due to lack of the entire set of libraries required.