[uClibc]Re: Java VM: will there be any for ucLinux?

Erik Andersen andersen at codepoet.org
Tue May 21 06:57:44 UTC 2002


On Tue May 21, 2002 at 03:31:57PM +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> Erik Andersen <andersen at codepoet.org> writes:
> > I would expect that Java and uClinux would be
> > a very poor fit.
> 
> How come?  Java doesn't seem particularly mmu-dependent...
> [maybe large-amounts-of-RAM-dependent though, at least for typical
> implementations]

I think the way Java uses memory would lead to rapid memory
fragmentation and would soon make the system unusble.  I suppose
someone might write a better JVM...

 -Erik

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