Sun yanks FreeBSD's Java license [LWN.net]

Sun yanks FreeBSD's Java license

Posted Jan 12, 2005 22:44 UTC (Wed) by mmarq (guest, #2332)
In reply to: Sun yanks FreeBSD's Java license by piman
Parent article: Sun yanks FreeBSD's Java license

A late one...

" The trend is for JIT compilers to get faster and faster, and as more of the above techniques come into play, there's no reason to assume native code can keep up. "

But isn't that Microsoft dream ? Make "cross- platform" in a layer below the OS (instead of the natural above OS API/ABI runtimes and librarys), and all 'possible' languages depending on a *common runtime* (CLI), specialized in 'NONE' particular computacinal task. So far it has proved to make a lot of applications sluggish, specialy the OS...

IMHO, is more like a pipe dream, because Microsoft is a control company that hasen't been able to control effectivelly the Hardware Industry. But if they manage to pass about *all* applications to the new JIT platform, then perhaps they can spark the *rush* in the industry, in a new CPU war, to make CPUs that run the JIT internally, instead of the normal optimized microcode. And then Microsoft, because they effectvily control the JIT functionaly no matter if the runtime is pseudo open sourced, could not only charge royalties from every CPU made, but also have the chance to exclude applications and OSes they dont like!!...

SUN had an identical dream, and because they have the facilityes, they even have made CPUs, the Java CPUs, that run the bytecode directly in metal, i belive. They have failed rotundly, and one of the reasons is performance penaltys, because optimized microcode is a totaly different story..

There are the opposite where Assembly is just about making microcode directly into a programing language, but that would make programming worst then a nighmare,...if you have to build an Office package. So it seems that all this layers from microcode to "no lines of code needed" programming IDEs and languages, have the nasty tendency to stay inside their optimized borders, and VMs and JITs, no matter the language sintax and structures, are only real usefull for a 'fast and easy' cross-platform business,... internet has been one of such bussineses of sucess. With streaming and real time needed applications VMs and JITs, IMHO, will trend to lose a lot of usefulness.

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