Re: new project added

["jason zhang" <jzhang@...>]

Since Lua can be ported to so many platforms,what's the motivation to
reimplement it with Java?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Hudson" <phudson@pobox.com>
To: "'Lua list'" <lua@bazar2.conectiva.com.br>
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 4:09 PM
Subject: RE: new project added


>> It's certainly possible to implement any kind of VM (or even hardware 
>> emulation: http://www.dreamfabric.com/c64/ ) in Java  
> 
> My previous employer (now in administration - the UK equivalent of chapter
> 11) had just completed a pure-Java version of Lua, aimed at mobile devices
> (the first version targeted Blackberries).
> 
> It was a lot slower than the C version, but it worked, and gave us a uniform
> scripting environment across Windows Mobile, Symbian and RIM.
> 
> I've no idea what will happen to it now.
> 
> (Anyone got any Lua-related jobs available in the South East of the UK? :()
> 
> P.
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