Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 11:13:44 +0100 From: "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com> To: "'nate@yogotech.com'" <nate@yogotech.com> Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Pre-alpha JDK 1.2.2 patches -- issues Message-ID: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522013139C7@l04.research.kpn.com>
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> > I personally got really burned out trying to work the > vendors, hence my personal lack of involvement lately. > I'm sorry to hear that. If I may make a suggestion: read "Calvin and Hobbes". It's guaranteed to make you go to work with a grin. It works for me. Could you perhaps be more specific in how the Big Vendors(tm) brushed you off? Perhaps they have a specific objection to Java being available on FreeBSD? Did they just flatly refuse to speak to you? > > > 12. Rounding bug. > > So, maybe it's not an error. :) > Let's settle for "it's a difference". :-) As such, it may need to be solved, because anyone doing even simple numerics on a Sun and a FreeBSD box is going to be pulling his or her hair out. *sigh* I can see the solution now: #ifdef __FreeBSD__ switch(val) { case -3.5: val = -4.0; break; case -2.5: val = -3.0; break; ... } #endif Kees Jan ============================================== You are only young once, but you can stay immature all your life To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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