Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 05:18:48 +0100 (MET) From: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.hb.north.de> To: mark@quickweb.com Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: JDK 1.0.2 on FreeBSD Message-ID: <199611120418.FAA16955@saturn.hb.north.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.94.961108153254.5871A-100000@vinyl.quickweb.com> References: <9611081547.AA08574@handset.laa.com>
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In article <Pine.BSF.3.94.961108153254.5871A-100000@vinyl.quickweb.com> you write: >You can try out a "beta" version by grabbing jdk.1.0.2.tar.gz at >ftp://frefall.freebsd.org/incoming > >I't quite good. The javac compiler seems perfect so far. The java >interpreter isn't so hot however -- although the only problems I've >really >had with it are in the AWT (same problems as Linux exhibits - general AWT >crappyness and inconsistency with the specification) and for some >reason I can't seem to be able to open "ServerSocket" sockets.. >I get a "Resource temporarily Unavailable" exception. I haven't tried that one but... > >And, like all Unix JKD's, it only runs in 8bpp or 24bpp. So 256 or >16Million colors are it --> no 32K or 64K color modes. :-( ..the (linux) JDK 1.0.1something i've installed seems to run on 16bpp just fine. seems they have fixed at least this problem? > >I've been testing it quite hard, cause I think it will be important for >FreeBSD to have FULL java support in the future, so take a look at it, and >report bugs to hacker@freebsd.org. Note, however, that the port isn't >officially supported by the author. > > >Oh yeah, it also seems brutal slow at bringing up dialog windows. Not sure >why! The multithreaded stuff also is VERY slow. Again, I've seen the >same problems on the Linux port from Blackdown, so I'm guessing the >FreeBSD port borrows heavily from it. I guess it's tricky to do threading >on an OS that doesn't have threads (at least not in the kernel). thats true, especially code that uses /dev/(pc)audio seems to just deadlock every once in a while. (again this is the linux JDK, haven't tried the native port yet) just thought i'd mention... cheers, Juergen
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