Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 18:54:55 +0200 From: Alexey Zelkin <phantom@FreeBSD.org.ua> To: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> Cc: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com>, Mikhail Kruk <meshko@cs.brandeis.edu>, java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wake up call for Sun? Message-ID: <20021030185455.C52982@phantom.cris.net> In-Reply-To: <15808.2804.430278.803110@emerger.yogotech.com>; from nate@yogotech.com on Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 09:38:12AM -0700 References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0210291835380.2712-100000@iole.cs.brandeis.edu> <20021030142457.A30528@misty.eyesbeyond.com> <15807.23103.607937.532250@emerger.yogotech.com> <20021030151812.A30986@misty.eyesbeyond.com> <20021030182502.A52856@phantom.cris.net> <15808.1927.423109.796378@emerger.yogotech.com> <20021030184124.A52982@phantom.cris.net> <15808.2804.430278.803110@emerger.yogotech.com>
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hi, On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 09:38:12AM -0700, Nate Williams wrote: > > > > * Only after 5.x-RELEASE become real and stable release (not early than > > > > 6 months from now, per current estimates) > > > > > > I'm guessing that something like the JDK would be a great way to wring > > > out the bits, so the sooner someone starts working on porting the JDK to > > > using it, the quicker the bugs will get found and fixed. I doubt > > > anything would be as good at testing the code than the JDK. :) :) > > > > Sure. I also doubt that there's something more complex to test than JDK. :-] > > > > At least not being Sun Engeneer and not having access to design > > and other documentation, as well as testing methodics, etc :-( > > IMO, it's not as difficult as *some* would lead you to believe. It's my personal opinion. Since until now I am only person who's working on debuging & fixing problems in HotSpot 1.4, it was easy for me to believe :-) I already hit few times into situations when fixing a bug or making workaround is not fixing real bug, but hiding it. So, it will reapear in other place later. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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