Re: LF: A java interpreter for the TI...
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> > Hello everybody.
> >
> > I would like to raise an interesting qustion: how possible is it to
> > write a Java interpreter for the TI-92? Sun microsystems states that it
> > is possible to write compact interpreters costing up to 70 kb of RAM.
> > Of course, this takes up every free RAM available, but when an
> > expansion becomes available, it will probably become a tolerante
> > idea...
> >
> > I do raise this question not only because I am a big fan of Java, I
> > am also a rather practical person: developing 68k assembly skills is
> > almost meaningless in nowadays x86 centered world. Of course, it
> > might be really funny (and I do share that opinion).
> >
> > Anyway, a way of porting C code to a TI-92 (is it really a
> > calculator? :) is really a very interesting prospect...
> >
> > Thanks for your attention,
> > Nuno Costa
> > Stop the mass genocide in East Timor!
>
> Just curious. but why would you want to surf the net at 9600? Especially with
> graphics!
I'm sorry to be writing again (I for one know how cluttered the list
is already), but I'd just like to point out that Java does not need
to have anything at all to do with surfing the net. If it is
possible to write a Java interpreter in under 70kB of RAM in assembly
language, that would be a huge (yet very exciting) endeavour.
Java is a language, just like C is, except that it's portable and can
be run on any class of computer that has a Java interpretor on it.
It is not necessarily used only on Web pages (though that is one
major use for Java, due to its portability in its compiled state).
Later,
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