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Java is not a systems level programming language (at least in its modern OpenJDK form)

• rjsw 1y ago
  Sun tried out allowing Java in the kernel, it could be used to write device drivers just as Rust is being used now.
  • anextio 1y ago
    You can hammer an applications programming language to do systems things, but it will never be a good experience nor have optimal performance.
  • WD-42 1y ago
    How would that even work with the JVM?
    • zx8080 1y ago
      Probably https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazelle https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazelle or similar would be the answer.
  • nolist_policy 1y ago
    Could you write interrupt handlers in it? You can't even do synchronous signal handling in Java.
  • rjsw 1y ago
    This [1] was the paper on it. [1] https://labs.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=LABS:0:3891254133275:APPLICATION_PROCESS=GETDOC_INLINE:::DOC_ID:142 https://labs.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=LABS:0:3891254133275:AP...