Putting Java support inside Squeak makes a lot more sense to me too.  Heck, the
Scamper browser does not support Java and limits its usability now.

  - Steve

Martin Luptak wrote:

> All discussions about Java and Smalltalk integration deal with running
> Smalltalk programs on Java VM,
> or translating ST programs into Java.
> What about idea putting Java into Smalltalk. Either Java VM running in
> Smalltalk, or encapsulation
> Java object into Smalltalk (they could live in one space - image,
> integrating their object models), or
> some other kinds of emulation/integration Java in ST environment.
> Doesn't someone know about projects concerning this?
>
> Giovanni Giorgi wrote:
> > Excuse me,
> >     I'd like to talk about a small idea: creating a Squeak VM for Java
>
> > Using the CCodeGenerator engine, I think would be not so difficult to
> > generate a JavaCodeGenerator class for building java source code  for
> the
> > VM.
> > We will have Squeak running in a JavaVM, perhaps a bit slowly.
> > After a bit of working, we can try to integrate the java GC, JavaBeans
>
> > and the Security concepts of Java into Squeak, generating a hybrid VM
> > and the Smalltalk of the future.
> >
> > A lot of java-students will look with interest to a Java-based
> > implementation of Smalltalk, and start to download the SqueakVM....
> >
> > This is only an idea. I know the efficency problem 'd be not so  tiny
> and
> > so I am only talking about it....
> > ...someone interested?
> >
> > --
> > // Giovanni Giorgi          e-mail:
> giovanni.giorgi at mlab.disco.unimi.it

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