[Mono-list] FAQ additions - resubmitted v2.0

[Hajime Inoue]

On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Bob Salita wrote:
> Here are some questions gleamed from actual postings on other
> forums. 

I can answer a couple of the technical questions:

> 6. What level of performance can be expected? What if Mono can't achieve 
> that level of performance?

Nothing here is an unknown.  The technology is similar to Java
and will have similar performance characteristics. 

> 18. What is ORP and why is it being considered for a VM?

ORP is short for Open Runtime Platform.  It's purpose is for VM
research but is also a fairly complete Java VM running on the GNU
classpath libraries.  It is well written and runs fast.

See:

http://orp.sourceforge.net/ or
http://www.intel.com/research/mrl/orp/

-Jim