(keitai-l) Handset VM

Neither the customer nor for that matter the virtual
machine knows or cares what source language was used
to generate the application.  An interesting question
for application developers and handset manufacturers is:

"What is the best virtual machine for mobile applications?" 

It is easy to start a list of desirata:

- language-independent
- dense byte codes
- minimal state
- accepts custom extensions
- efficient execution (1/5 of native)
- small implementation size (< 8k)
- Harvard architecture
- modular compiler construction/universal backend
- multi-application
- extensible runtime libraries
- dynamic linking

Cheers, Scott

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Tom Whitcomb <whitcomb_tom@hotmail.com>
To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 7:54 AM
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Feelings on Imode:


Thanks for the pointer Ren,

But, what about Java.  Doesn't iMode currently support Java midlets similar 
to the MIDP for the KVM?

Tom


>From: Renfield Kuroda <Renfield.Kuroda@msdw.com>
>Reply-To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
>To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
>Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Feelings on Imode:
>Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 08:56:41 +0900
>
>Development for i-mode is fairly straightforward: cHTML is all you need, 
>and
>that can be written with any html or text editor.
>Spec is available at DoCoMo's site:
>
>http://www.nttdocomo.com/
>(Let's make i-mode websites, at the bottom)
>
>Unlike WML, cHTML is a markup language; a subset of HTML. Therefore if you
>know HTML you'll have no problems with cHTML.
>
>r e n
>

[excessive quoting removed]

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