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Saying that Genera was portable because Open Genera was there is like saying that MS DOS is portable because there's QEMU.
by sedachv 16y ago
Saying that Genera was portable because Open Genera was there is like saying that MS DOS is portable because there's QEMU.
- lispm 16y agoOr like any other language implementation with a language-oriented virtual machine: Java/JVM, CLISP, SQUEAK, ...
- sedachv 16y agoBut Open Genera isn't a language-oriented VM, it's an Ivory emulator. There's a huge difference.
- lispm 16y agoThe Ivory is a language oriented processor - not a computer. It's a CPU, a chip. Where is the difference? Open Genera also does not emulate an Ivory-based computer, but the processor mostly. It emulates the instruction set. http://pt.withy.org/publications/VLM.html http://pt.withy.org/publications/VLM.html