Embedding VMs
Michael Korns
mkorns@ix.netcom.com
Mon, 28 Apr 1997 21:13:41 -0700
Marc,
> Can you tell us some _technical_ reason for using JVM anywhere else than
> in a class loader for JVM code? If you merely want to do so for marketing
> hype, I doubt you'll find much support for that around here. That
approach
> does just about everything wrong for a LispOS developed as free software
> and intended to evolve.
A JVM class loader imbedded in a larger Web enabled VM would be fine. The
goal is to run Java applets at good speeds for Java, and yet be able to run
Lisp, Smalltalk, ML, etc. as well.