[REBOL] Re: Java with REBOL
From: petr:krenzelok:trz:cz at: 22-Feb-2001 10:39
Andrew Martin wrote:
> Jeff casually mentioned:
> > Not that that wouldn't be nifty, but also, how about a Java interpreter in
> REBOL/view-- REBOL can read the byte code of Java files as binary and do the
> necessary interpretation. You can implement the threads at the interpreter
> level.
>
> Nice, too, would be a JavaScript interpreter for Rebol/View. Which, with a
> HTML interpreter, could lead to a interesting web browsing experience.
> Rebol/WebExplorer!:-)
I don't understand. You want to write web browser in Rebol? What about other
standards? All those XML based ones? Oter plug-ins? I remember Carl stating
/View is just complementary technology. Proper browser plug-in is the way ....
but I am not sure of its success unless it is able to be part of a browser
window.
But anyway - there is many ideas :-) One other interesting is - AmigaDE (Tao)
provides you with much smaller Java solution. Java code is translated into VP
(virtual processor) one, and so you end-up with 2-5MB of app size, while JAVA
distribution has some 10MB? If you imagine AmigaDE being able to run upon many
platforms, isn't it a little bit chance for Rebol too? We currently have
Rebol/Core available for Tao. The question is, if we can easily have /View
ported too ...
-pekr-
