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Date:Mon Apr 22 15:23:50 1996 
Subject:Re: Java (slightly off topic) 
From:Steve Knight 
Volume-ID:960422.01 

> Everyone and their cat are implementing Java interpreters at the moment.
> It is a short step to compiling native code instead. The Poplog environment
> could be a good way to cash in on the rush, since most of the initial
> necessary Java class library functionality is already available in
> Poplog, and the Poplog VM is already a good match for Java semantics.

It's a good idea - Microsoft's JIT compiler for Java shows "up to"
40x speedup over interpreted code.

Steve