NestedVM -> Run C/C++ apps natively on JNode

Submitted by charlieg on Sat, 08/09/2008 - 12:47.

Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this. I think it's a potentially great addition to JNode.

NestedVM, by Brian Alliet and Adam Megacz, was written as part of the (Java-based) Ibex platform and it translates MIPS-bytecode into Java-bytecode.

In real terms, it allows us to run C-libraries like FreeType on the JVM.

It could address a fundamental weakness of JNode by allowing Java apps that require C/C++ libraries by first compiling them to run on MIPS.

Performance is also surprisingly good.

Homepage:
http://nestedvm.ibex.org/

Quick Start Guide:
http://wiki.brianweb.net/NestedVM/QuickStartGuide

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Your earlier post

Submitted by lsantha on Sat, 08/09/2008 - 16:36.

We noticed that you already posted about this at the beginning of the year but unfortunately it was unnoticed:
http://www.jnode.org/node/2359
Just in case you are interested in JNode and would like help it would be a good start testing nestedvm with JNode.

Regards,
Levente

Very interesting!

Submitted by lsantha on Sat, 08/09/2008 - 15:54.

Very interesting, we should explore this!
charlieg, are you familiar with NestedVM, can you try it out?
FreeType is now used by OpenJDK too and JNode is still missing a great font engine.