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Re: Some comments (long)
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 6 May 1999 17:30:54 GMT
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John A. Tamplin <jat@liveonthenet&AvoidSpam&.com>
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On Thu, 6 May 1999, Mark Tarrabain wrote:
> I hope you don't think I'm against what you're attempting to do... it's just that
> I, like Kekoa, believe that the endeavor you are about to undertake may transcend
> the limits of feasability. There is not a lot of room to play around with inside
> the RCX, and Java was developed in an age where memory limitations were largely
> being looked at as superfluous on account of ever-diminishing memory costs. I
> believe that it may make a JVM for the RCX impossible, or at the very least
> impractical. I'd like to be proven wrong, of course.
Remember that Java's origins came from Oak, which was intended to operate
a Universal remote control. JVM runs on many very tiny computers, and I am
certain that a large subset of Java can be made to fit on the RCX and be a
usable product.
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| (...) You have reiterated exactly what I expected would be one of the most popular reasons to want to implement a JVM for the RCX. I hope you don't think I'm against what you're attempting to do... it's just that I, like Kekoa, believe that the (...) (26 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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