Re: [xmlvm-users] Getting started

[Panayotis K. <pan...@pa...>]

On 04 Ιουν 2010, at 2:15 ΠΜ, Damian wrote:

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> 2. My language of choice is Scala by far, and my point is to code  
> IPhone apps using Scala. Is that possible? Have anyone tried to get  
> xmlvm working with scala?


It is possible.
In theory you should be able to do so with no problems, since I think  
this library does not contain any native code (or maybe am wrong).

But  there are a lot of things to consider first, before jumping to  
Scala with xmlvm.

First of all, I believe it is totally non-practical to compile the  
whole scala-lib. It is huge and contains a lot of things that are not  
directly usable, There are methods and tricks to cut down this  
overhead, (like a patch I am preparing and will be submitted soon),  
but still this is not practical - *right now*.

Second there are things that should be addressed first before simply  
compile it with xmlvm, having to do with dependency libraries etc.

Another thing: I strongly believe there is NO reason to create a  
compatibility library for Scala, the only thing that needs to be done  
is to determine the scala-lib dependencies.
And this is a long talk.


To summarize: I believe xmlvm is not ready for Scala yet, although I  
have the same idea as you: I want Scala to be able to be a language of  
choice - and not only Scala but every JVM based language.
Right now you have to be patient though and go with the flow :)