[pypy-dev] Does PyPy supports Java ME?
Antonio Cuni
anto.cuni at gmail.com
Wed Oct 7 11:59:43 CEST 2009
Hi Jan,
Jan Wedel wrote:
> 1.) Does PyPy generate both C and Java Bytecode for the Interpreter out
> of the box or with low effort?
yes
> 2.) Is the java code compatible with Java ME or is it possible to modify
> the PyPy-code/Interpreter-code so that Java ME is supported?
I don't know what are the requirements/restrictions for Java ME. If the
restrictions are only about the library, it's possible that it works out of
the box as pypy-jvm doesn't use many external libraries. However, note that
you might have memory problems because the binary it's kind of big (the JAR
file is ~8-10 MB, IIRC).
> 3.) What standard libraries are supported? I coulnd't find a list.
> Especially the communication (such as socket) functionality is
> important.
unfortunately, you cannot access any external java library from pypy-jvm so
far. I agree that it makes it a bit pointless, but basically nobody ever
cared enough/had time to add support for it.
I plan to do it at some point, but surely not before I finish my PhD (which is
supposed to finish at the end of next april).
> 4.) Do you think PyPy is stable enough for commercial use? The MIT
> license allows commercial use as far as I read.
The Python interpreter in PyPy is quite stable and compliant with CPython.
However, the resulting pypy-jvm has never been extensively tested as far as I
know, so it's likely to have undiscovered bugs (but usually they are easy to fix).
So, to sum up: I'm sorry but pypy-jvm is not usable for production right now;
it could be made useful with relatively low effort if someone invested time
and/or money on it, but I don't think it's going to happen very soon.
ciao,
Anto
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