[pypy-dev] Work on the JVM backend

[lahwran]

I haven't looked into it as thoroughly as I'd like, but perhaps JCC
could be of use:

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/JCC/

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Antonio Cuni <anto.cuni at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Frank,
>
> On 01/13/2012 12:02 AM, fwierzbicki at gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Again, I don't know the details about how JPype would be used exactly,
>> I just wanted to make sure you knew about invokedynamic.
>
> as Alex pointed out, the idea is to use JPype to be able to test the code
> which calls JVM methods without any need to translate.
>
> The alternatives are:
>
> 1. use CPython + JPype/something else (JPype seems to be no longer developed,
> but last time I checked it was still the best thing I could find. Suggestions
> are welcome :-))
>
> 2. use Jython, although this might carry its own set of problems.
>
> In any case, the idea is to wrap all the code to interface to the JVM inside
> rlib/rjvm.py: this way it should be "easy" to write multiple "backends" to
> actually call the JVM, one for JPype, one for Jython, etc.
>
> ciao,
> Anto
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