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Imagine trying to write a Java bytecode interpreter in several different programming languages. This would be much easier than what you're thinking, because the
by sofal 17y ago
Imagine trying to write a Java bytecode interpreter in several different programming languages. This would be much easier than what you're thinking, because the libraries already exist and they didn't have to be written in straight up Java bytecode either. Also, you could skip all the languages that have already been fully implemented on the JVM anyway.
- JoelMcCracken 17y agoI suppose much of the point is the emphasis on simplicity. I very much imagine that a java bytecode interpreter would be much harder to implement than a intentionally-simplistic assembly language.