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Oleg A. Paraschenko wrote:
> Hi Philippe,
>
> On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:01:57 +0200
> Philippe Poulard <Philippe.Poulard@s...> wrote:
>
> ...
>
>>>I used to utilize the buzzword "XML Virtual Machine" for my works, but
>>>now I'm in doubt. What "XML Virtual Machine" could be? What properties
>>>are expected from it?
>>
>>I would answer the same for Java : any machine that could translate XML
>>in something that can run on this machine
>>
>>I called my executable XML "Active Tags" ; Active Tags just specifies a
>>behaviour, not how you could implement it : if you want to write an
>>interpreter or a compiler, translate XML to Java code (or any other
>>language), load precompiled classes, or combine several of them, you're
>>welcome.
>>
>>RefleX is an implementation in Java of Active Tags. I find it close to
>>the idea of what people would think of an "XML Virtual Machine" : a
>>general-purpose environment that can perform programs made with tags.
>>The idea of "general-purpose" is more important than "tags" : a syntax _
>> la XQuery could be a candidate, but XQuery is not a "general-purpose"
>>language ; thus a pure implementation of XQuery can't be an "XML Virtual
>> Machine", although it could be extended to.
>>
>>Of course, all that can be discussed :)
>
>
> I think I remembered an essentioal property which is expected from a
> virtual machine. VM is a target for at least one language. For example,
> Java is compiled to JVM; C#, Basic.NET and others *.NET are compiled to
> CLR VM (don't remember its name). You urgently need to compile something
> to ActiveTags.
In this way, RefleX is not a VM : few times ago, I was generating some
Java code from XML, but it appears that pre-compiled classes were doing
almost the same job.
However, I'm still thinking on a way to mix Java code within XML tags ;
of course, such parts will be compiled. Maybe in a next release ?
>
>
>>>And are you sure that just using XML syntax for programming qualifies
>>>for the proud title of "XML Virtual Machine"?
>>
>>As I said previously, I think it's not enough.
>>
>>XML technologies like XML and XPath are used in Active Tags to achieve
>>things that are not necessary related to XML.
>
>
> Oh, it's an emerging topic. Added RefleX to my reseearch wiki:
>
> http://xmlhack.ru/protva/xquery/index.php/BibReferences
>
>
>>--
>>Cordialement,
>>
>> ///
>> (. .)
>> --------ooO--(_)--Ooo--------
>>| Philippe Poulard |
>> -----------------------------
>> http://reflex.gforge.inria.fr/
>> Have the RefleX !
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>
>
>
--
Cordialement,
///
(. .)
--------ooO--(_)--Ooo--------
| Philippe Poulard |
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http://reflex.gforge.inria.fr/
Have the RefleX !
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