Value Types for Java

[Miles Sabin]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Ben Hutchison <benh at ibsglobalweb.com> wrote:
> The example case I have in mind is an interaction between a Java
> process and a 3D graphics driver. Eg a Java process would be
> writing/updating triangle data in the buffer, and the graphics driver
> rendering it. (I admit it might be difficult to get this to work even
> with value type support, given that Java's philosophy says precise
> memory level representation is undefined by spec)

Right. This strikes me as almost completely orthogonal to the value
type issue. What you really want is safe and efficient access to raw
memory and devices. I think it would make a lot of sense to think
about that independently.

Cheers,


Miles