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Re: Full, Native Java Eco-System on IOS for IPad/IPhone

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> http://chriskohlhepp.wordpress.com/java-on-iphone-and-ipad/
> 
> I am happy to announce that a  full Java "eco system" has been ported 
> to IOS, the operating system powering the popular Iphone and IPad 
> platform. This includes JIT based compilation, a graphical Swing 
> subsystem and a development toolchain. The aim of this Java "eco 
> system" is to deploy essentially unmodified Java applications on the 
> IPhone and IPad - along with software written in the many other 
> languages emerging on the Java virtual machine platform(JVM), such as 
> Scala & Clojure. The significance is that there are many more existing, 
> free Java applications than exist on the IPhone and IPad today. After 
> all, the mantra of Java has always been "compile once, run anywhere."
> 
> Java on the Iphone/IPad has existed for some time via the AppStore(TM) 
> alternative Cydia. The key contribution of this new development effort 
> to the IOS platform is to add two dimensions to the pre-existing Cydia 
> offering:
> 
> 1) JIT compilation of byte-code
> 
> 2) Graphical capabilities via Swing/AWT

This smacks of shitting in one's own bed.

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Full, Native Java Eco-System on IOS for IPad/IPhone Chris Kohlhepp <chris.kohlhepp@gmail.com> - 2014-09-30 15:21 -0700
  Re: Full, Native Java Eco-System on IOS for IPad/IPhone Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-09-30 23:11 -0400
    Re: Full, Native Java Eco-System on IOS for IPad/IPhone Chris Kohlhepp <chris.kohlhepp@gmail.com> - 2014-10-01 00:34 -0700
  Re: Full, Native Java Eco-System on IOS for IPad/IPhone Ali Arif <aaarif321@hotmail.com> - 2014-10-01 20:36 +1000
  Re: Full, Native Java Eco-System on IOS for IPad/IPhone Joerg Meier <joergmmeier@arcor.de> - 2014-10-01 14:48 +0200
    Re: Full, Native Java Eco-System on IOS for IPad/IPhone Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-10-01 08:57 -0400

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