Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 16:12:15 +0900 From: SHUDO Kazuyuki <shudoh@muraoka.info.waseda.ac.jp> To: Peter van Heusden <pvh@leftside.wcape.school.za> Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: JITs for FreeBSD (was Re: somewhat new to java questions) Message-ID: <199902220712.QAA04036@cafe.muraoka.info.waseda.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 21 Feb 1999 11:50:56 %2B0200." <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9902211148080.1552-100000@leftside.wcape.school.za>
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Peter van Heusden wrote: > So JITs don't seem to be a problem at the moment - its just a pity the > Java 1.2 HotSpot compiler looks like it will remain proprietary. The > concepts behind HotSpot seem very interesting. I understand that HotSpot is the name Sun calls some techniques. Adaptive compilation which is one of elements of HotSpot can be implemented by someone other than Sun. It may have been already implemented in JITs by Symantec or Microsoft. I don't know whether HotSpot includes some patents or not. It might include patents Sun bought from HP, I can't remember accurately. Kazuyuki SHUDO Happy Hacking! Muraoka Lab., Grad. School of Sci. & Eng., Waseda Univ. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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