Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 15:09:25 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> To: Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@federation.addy.com> Cc: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Java questions Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970401150743.9194A-100000@narcissus.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970401080630.26527A-100000@federation.addy.com>
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On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Cliff Addy wrote: > On Mon, 31 Mar 1997, Dan Busarow wrote: > > > On Mon, 31 Mar 1997, Cliff Addy wrote: > > > I have several questions related to installing/using java support on > > > FreeBSD. Keep in mind that I do not program Java, I just want to support > > > my users on the system who want to use java on our web server. We're > > > running 2.2-release. > > > > If that's all you want to do then you do not need to install kaffe > > or the jdk. Your users just need to copy their class files into > > their web directories. > > > > kaffe is a virtual machine for running java applications, the jdk > > is obviously a development kit for producing those (and applets) > > but your users are more likely to be using another platform for this. > > Right. I understand that java applets for the browsers are served like > any other file. I mean clients who want to *run* java programs *on* the > server. For example, a cgi script written in java. You need a java > compiler on the server for that, right? No . . . java can be compiled to bytecode anywhere, all you need to run it is a JVM (java virtual machine) of some sort. (Interestingly, it doesn't even have to start out as java -- theoretically, any language can be compiled with the JVM as a target. This has already been implemented for some languages.) Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."
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