infrastructure update: wiki location, etc.

[LaMothe, Ryan R]

Thanks John.

The reason I asked is because I believe the two are intimately tied...no matter how much we can do in native Java to execute code on GPUs, there are a number of glaringly obvious things (at least to most people) in the language and JVM that simply need to be fixed at some point.

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Ryan LaMothe


From: John Rose [mailto:john.r.rose at oracle.com]
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 11:40 AM
To: LaMothe, Ryan R
Cc: Frost, Gary; sumatra-dev at openjdk.java.net
Subject: Re: infrastructure update: wiki location, etc.

On Oct 29, 2012, at 10:29 AM, LaMothe, Ryan R wrote:


Java language feature requests

Yes, Java language RFEs would be spam on sumatra-dev.

We have plenty to do adjusting JVM architecture for GPUs, without touching the "third rail" of Java language design.  It's amazing how much you can get done in unmodified Java.  And even more amazing with lambdas in Java 8.

Since the JVM is a multi-language VM, there are much easier options for experimenting with language design than modifying Java.  For example, I would be delighted to see a project for adjusting Clojure libraries to execute on GPUs.

Best wishes,
- John