[Mono-list] Translating IL -> JVM bytecodes (Halcyon Software)
Nelson Minar
nelson@monkey.org
Fri, 20 Jul 2001 08:35:16 -0700 (PDT)
Interesting article in The Register today:
".NET Frenzy reaches OS X"
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/20515.html
Halcyon's Java Dot Net isn't directly comparable - it gets there via
a different route. Instead of running the common runtime, compiler
and libraries natively, Halcyon's software converts the Microsoft
Intermediate Language (MIL) to Java source binaries. The software
house wants its ASP customers to be able to run on OS X as a first
stage, and promises a full .NET implantation for some time next
year.
Halcyon is a "Windows migration" company, selling a variety of tools
that let you run Windows things (ASP, ActiveX, etc) on Java. They have
a nice white paper describing how they see the .NET landscape:
http://www.halcyonsoft.com/news/javadotnet.asp
Couldn't find any technical details on how they're going to do the
translation, or how well it would work. Interesting, though.
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