> But ! Some other idea just came up to my mind - because all
> that complex work is already done for .NET MSIL and this is
> quite similar to Java byte-code, maybe just some conversion
> MSIL-->J.bytecode can satisfy this feature??? What do you think?
Back in 1996, there was an Australian project that did a java source code
generator starting from the Eiffel byte code that we generated, but it did
not really work. I do not recall exactly the reason, but what I now know
using our experience generating .NET and also having helped Benno doing his
java byte code generation is that generating java byte code is the way to
go. In both .NET and java byte code the complex part is not the code
generation itself, it is only two major things:
- dynamic binding
- object model representation
For both .NET and java byte code, we have been able to do this but so far
only .NET is really supported until someone devotes more time on the java
byte code backend.
Hope this helps,
Manu
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