J2objc - A Java to iOS Objective-C translation tool and runtime

Re:J2objc - A Java to iOS Objective-C translation tool and r... by AntiRush on Thursday September 13, 2012 @05:41PM (#4518793)

Another project that focuses on Java to Objective-C is http://xmlvm.org.

XMLVM also offers an Android compatibility layer, including some UI support.

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Re:J2objc - A Java to iOS Objective-C translation tool and r... by comex on Thursday September 13, 2012 @06:50PM (#4519081)

> In XMLVM, byte code-based programs are represented as XML documents. This allows manipulation and translation of XMLVM-based programs using advanced XML technologies such as XSLT, XQuery, and XPath.

I don't even...

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Re:J2objc - A Java to iOS Objective-C translation tool and r... by chriseidhof on Friday September 14, 2012 @05:46AM (#4520918)

Oh, come on. While I dislike XML as much as anyone, I can definitely see the advantages of representing an AST as XML and manipulating using a functional language (e.g. XSLT). I think the Stratego languages also do something similar, and they seemed to be quite effective last time I checked.

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Re:J2objc - A Java to iOS Objective-C translation tool and r... by WayneDB on Friday September 14, 2012 @09:12AM (#4521426)

XML isn't a hipster technology though! How can I be a good hacker if I can't be a hipster too?

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Re:J2objc - A Java to iOS Objective-C translation tool and r... by dminor on Thursday September 13, 2012 @06:49PM (#4519075)

Here's another recent effort, targeting C++, but with the same goal of getting Java on iOS: https://github.com/badlogic/jack

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