Re: [xmlvm-users] Getting started

[Damian <dam...@gm...>]

Thanks for your reply.
I don't fully understand the problem you expose.
I succeeded cross-compiling the scala library (I wanted to try it anyway) by
adding -Xmx1024m option when launching xmlvm.
But the objective c compiler won't compile it anyway, it seems it can't find
"java_lang_Cloneable.h". Isn't Cloneable interface supported by xmlvm?
I was thinking that maybe I can try to strip down scala library to a minimum
and then write my own library with the functionality I really need around
the java library. Though that's exactly what the scala library is, the scala
library is a 3.5MB jar that's maybe using too many features unsupported by
xmlvm.
Please tell me your thoughts.

Damian.

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 7:16 AM, Panayotis Katsaloulis <
pan...@pa...> wrote:

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