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Re: Java compilers...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arthur van Hoff)
Tue May 30 13:02:30 1995
Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 09:52:13 -0700
From: Arthur.Vanhoff@Eng.Sun.COM (Arthur van Hoff)
To: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
Hi Pat,
> I was just wondering if anyone out there is currently working on a
> Java compiler in Java. This would seem like a natural step to maturity
> of the language.
The javac compiler is already written in Java. This was done so that it
could easily be incorporated into a development environment (written in
Java) that supports incremental compilation. It also makes it totally
portable.
> Does there exist a decompiler for Java anywhere (which
> might facilitate experimentation with this)?
You can use the javap program to print the byte codes in a class file.
> Also, anyone interested in NewtonScript? I think a Java to NewtonScript
> compiler would be pretty straightforward.
B^)
Have fun,
Arthur van Hoff (avh@eng.sun.com)
http://java.sun.com/people/avh/
Sun Microsystems Inc, M/S UPAL02-301,
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