Compiling Open Babel to Pure Java Bytecode with NestedVM - An Unsuccessful First Attempt
Richard L. Apodaca · 2007
Wouldn't it be great to be able to compile code written in languages like FORTRAN, C, and C++ to Java bytecode? NestedVM - almost magically - can do just that. This article documents a failed first attempt to compile the popular cheminformatics toolkit Open Babel, which is written in C and C++, to pure Java bytecode with NestedVM.