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Re: is the java compiler written in c

From	Eternal Hope <laughingspam99@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: is the java compiler written in c
Date	2015-08-22 13:11 +0100
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On 22/08/2015 12:53, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 22:42:11 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>
>> To write an OS you need to get real close to the hardware and allow a
>> lot of funky stuff.
>>
> Hardware emulation too. I started to write a 6809 emulator in Java, but
> moved the project to C when I discovered what a pain it was going to be
> to emulate the registers (8 or 16 bit unsigned arithmetic but with the
> option to treat the LHS bit as the sign) It was *much* easier to simply
> declare the registers as 'unsigned short'  or 'unsigned byte' than it was
> to fight with Java's insistence on signed arithmetic.


https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Integer.html

unsigned ops agogo

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is the java compiler written in c gdotone@gmail.com - 2015-08-19 12:41 -0700
  Re: is the java compiler written in c Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-08-19 16:06 -0400
    Re: is the java compiler written in c gdotone@gmail.com - 2015-08-19 16:12 -0700
      Re: is the java compiler written in c Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-20 11:08 +0000
        Re: is the java compiler written in c Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-08-20 20:34 -0400
      Re: is the java compiler written in c Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-08-20 07:44 -0400
      Re: is the java compiler written in c e.d.programmer@gmail.com - 2015-08-20 06:36 -0700
        Re: is the java compiler written in c gdotone@gmail.com - 2015-08-20 18:58 -0700
          Re: is the java compiler written in c Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-08-20 22:13 -0400
            Re: is the java compiler written in c g g <gdotone@gmail.com> - 2015-08-20 19:57 -0700
              Re: is the java compiler written in c Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-08-21 21:25 -0400
      Re: is the java compiler written in c Eternal Hope <laughingspam99@gmail.com> - 2015-08-21 08:15 +0100
        Re: is the java compiler written in c e.d.programmer@gmail.com - 2015-08-21 06:56 -0700
          Re: is the java compiler written in c Eternal Hope <laughingspam99@gmail.com> - 2015-08-21 15:32 +0100
        Re: is the java compiler written in c BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-21 16:51 -0500
          Re: is the java compiler written in c Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-21 23:32 +0000
            Re: is the java compiler written in c BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-21 23:35 -0500
          Re: is the java compiler written in c Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-08-21 22:39 -0400
            Re: is the java compiler written in c BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-21 22:42 -0500
              Re: is the java compiler written in c Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-22 11:41 +0000
                Re: is the java compiler written in c BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-22 10:03 -0500
              Re: is the java compiler written in c Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-08-30 22:03 -0400
                Re: is the java compiler written in c BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-31 01:09 -0500
                Re: is the java compiler written in c Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-09-03 20:46 -0400
                Re: is the java compiler written in c BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2015-09-04 10:01 -0500
            Re: is the java compiler written in c Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-22 11:37 +0000
              Re: is the java compiler written in c Eternal Hope <laughingspam99@gmail.com> - 2015-08-22 12:56 +0100
                Re: is the java compiler written in c Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-22 18:04 +0000
                Re: is the java compiler written in c BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-22 14:27 -0500
              Re: is the java compiler written in c Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-08-30 22:06 -0400
          Re: is the java compiler written in c Eternal Hope <laughingspam99@gmail.com> - 2015-08-22 10:31 +0100
            Re: is the java compiler written in c BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-23 01:31 -0500
        Re: is the java compiler written in c Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-08-21 22:42 -0400
          Re: is the java compiler written in c Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-22 11:53 +0000
            Re: is the java compiler written in c Eternal Hope <laughingspam99@gmail.com> - 2015-08-22 13:11 +0100
              Re: is the java compiler written in c Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-22 17:55 +0000
                Re: is the java compiler written in c Eternal Hope <laughingspam99@gmail.com> - 2015-08-22 19:59 +0100
            Re: is the java compiler written in c Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2015-08-26 09:44 -0700
              Re: is the java compiler written in c Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-08-30 22:11 -0400
  Re: is the java compiler written in c Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-08-19 19:35 -0400

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