From owner-freebsd-java Thu Feb 28 4:59:25 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A581F37B400 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 04:59:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #7) id 16gQ9R-000Pam-00; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 12:59:13 +0000 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.6/8.11.1) id g1SCxD974302; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 12:59:13 GMT (envelope-from jcm) Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 12:59:13 +0000 From: j mckitrick To: "Koster, K.J." Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ugrade from linux-jdk to native Message-ID: <20020228125913.A74141@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FDA3BF@l04.research.kpn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FDA3BF@l04.research.kpn.com>; from K.J.Koster@kpn.com on Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 01:54:32PM +0100 X-Scanner: exiscan *16gQ9R-000Pam-00*qpxKuAghc7o* (Manchester Computing, University of Manchester) Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 01:54:32PM +0100, Koster, K.J. wrote: | > Good question. Is there any reason to use native jdk instead | > of the new version of the linux jdk? | > | For most things it isn't. You'll need native for doing JNI stuff. Everything | else works fine in the Linux JDK's. | | Of course, you need a native JDK to show off FreeBSD. :-) So for cutting edge Java classes and features, I want the newest linux jdk, while for the ability to access FreeBSD specific features via JNI I need native, correct? jm -- My other computer is your windows box. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message