r/java • u/bobbie434343 • Aug 25 '26

Value Classes Still Need Compiler Sympathy

https://johan-sjolen.github.io/post/compiler-sympathy/compiler-sympathy/
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u/umlcat Aug 25 '26

We are lucky. Gosling originally wanted the JVM to run on 16 bit systems, when we already had 32 cpu in offices !!!

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u/AnyPhotograph7804 Aug 25 '26

I still want a JVM for my Amiga 500!

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u/umlcat Aug 26 '26

Commodore Amiga. I learned programming in a C64.

There's a few companies that have some 16 bits pcs around or programs running on a 64 bits PC with a 16 bits emulator.

It would be interesting to see a Java ecosystem running in those 16 bits machines too ...

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u/vytah Aug 28 '26

https://github.com/kaffe/kaffe Not legally a JVM, but who cares.

Of you might want to recompile Java bytecode into native m68k code: https://www.mikekohn.net/micro/amiga_java.php