The degree of compatibility seems to be a major variable, so this puts the comparison into doubt.
> I still remember a talk with both Bill Joy and Andy Bechtolsteim where Bill was over the top enthusiastic about finally having the ability to change the CPU to work better with the software rather than having the software work around what the CPU thought was best.
They should have been able to make Java VM implementers' lives a lot easier on Sun platforms. I guess the question was also, did they necessarily want to?
The degree of compatibility seems to be a major variable, so this puts the comparison into doubt.
> I still remember a talk with both Bill Joy and Andy Bechtolsteim where Bill was over the top enthusiastic about finally having the ability to change the CPU to work better with the software rather than having the software work around what the CPU thought was best.
They should have been able to make Java VM implementers' lives a lot easier on Sun platforms. I guess the question was also, did they necessarily want to?