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Implementation of a Java Processor on a FPGA (2016)

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56 points mghackerlady | 1 comments | 20 Nov 25 06:40 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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larsbrinkhoff ◴[20 Nov 25 07:35 UTC] No.45989967[source]▶
What happened to

1. Sun's JavaStation, 2. ARM's Jazelle, ??? 3. Profit!

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dehrmann ◴[20 Nov 25 07:40 UTC] No.45990000[source]▶
It's more like JITs got good.
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ck45 ◴[20 Nov 25 08:33 UTC] No.45990334[source]▶
I never understood why AOT never took off for Java. The write once run anywhere quickly faded as an argument, the number of platforms that a software package needs to support is rather small.
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pjmlp ◴[20 Nov 25 08:47 UTC] No.45990438{3}[source]▶
Because developers don't like to pay for tools.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excelsior_JET

https://www.ptc.com/en/products/developer-tools/perc

https://www.aicas.com/products-services/jamaicavm/

It is now getting adopted because GraalVM and OpenJ9 are available for free.

Also while not being proper Java, Android does AOT since version 5, mixed JIT/AOT since version 7.

EDIT: Fixed the sentence regarding Android versions.

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nikanj ◴[20 Nov 25 08:57 UTC] No.45990522{4}[source]▶
Developers pay for tools gladly when the pricing model isn’t based on how much money you’re making.

I’m happy to drop a fixed 200e/mo on Claude but I’d never sign paperwork that required us to track user installs and deliver $0.02 per install to someone

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1. Joel_Mckay ◴[20 Nov 25 13:29 UTC] No.45992332{5}[source]▶
Depends on the use-case, anyone that has seen the commercial host scaling cost of options like MATLAB usually ported to another language. lesson learned...

Commercial licensing is simply a variable cost, and if there is another FOSS option most people will make the right call. Some commercial licenses are just Faustian bargains, that can cost serious money to escape. =3