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How about things like * jvm -- it wasn't clear you could build a vm that was fast enough to compete with c++; * c2 compiler inside the jvm -- also not clear y
by x0x0 10y ago
How about things like
* jvm -- it wasn't clear you could build a vm that was fast enough to compete with c++;
* c2 compiler inside the jvm -- also not clear you could do this, fast enough, or one that optimized enough to care about
* azul systems / zing -- could you build a gc that tolerates terabit allocation rates w/o stop-the-world pauses?
- FullyFunctional 10y agoSorry, no, JVM was not even innovative, let alone "hard tech". There were lots and lots of previous examples of doing the same (and better) than JVM, see for example the Smalltalk and Lisp world. IMO, the only thing on your list that comes close is the Azul GC which, in my limited understanding, actually advanced the state of the art.