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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. > > > > > 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 ! -- Oleg Parashchenko olpa@ http://xmlhack.ru/ XML news in Russian http://uucode.com/blog/ Generative Programming, XML, TeX, Scheme
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