From owner-freebsd-java Thu Feb 28 6: 4:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from l04.research.kpn.com (l04.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.204]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 807F137B405 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 06:04:51 -0800 (PST) Received: by l04.research.kpn.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <1Z1F708L>; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:04:50 +0100 Message-ID: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FDA3C5@l04.research.kpn.com> From: "Koster, K.J." To: 'j mckitrick' Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Ugrade from linux-jdk to native Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:04:47 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" 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 Dear Jm, > > | I think you'll need a native JDK for (currently under > | development) hotspot support. I'm a little vague on this. > > Dare I ask what 'hotspot' is? > HotSpot is Sun's super-duper JIT compiler. It not only compiles JIT, but also rips up earlier optimisations and reoptimises them, based on code usage. Kees Jan ===================================================== You can't have everything. Where would you put it? [Steven Wright] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message