From owner-freebsd-java Wed Aug 2 8:35:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from server.bloodletting.com (server.bloodletting.com [209.31.32.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8FFFC37B8E0 for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2000 08:35:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nick@accelica.com) Received: (qmail 59985 invoked from network); 2 Aug 2000 08:25:13 -0000 Received: from server.heavytech.com (HELO rust) (209.31.32.65) by server.bloodletting.com with SMTP; 2 Aug 2000 08:25:13 -0000 From: "Nick Popoff" To: "Greg Lewis" , Subject: RE: Alpha JDK 1.2.2 JPDA extension 1 Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 08:30:15 -0700 Message-ID: <000001bffc96$8e99c7c0$0d42060a@rust.heavytech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <200008021523.AAA23161@ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org (a) Since I would be using the Linux JDK, any use of JNI that I make requires that I build all the native code with the Linux development tools. > (b) Lets say an excellent kernel thread interface (for instance) develops > during the 5.0 production cycle. These two are both outstanding points, and I think there should be a D as well: d) FreeBSD is too cool to merely "emulate" someone else's Java environment. :) Thanks for your great work on this Greg. I've been a big fan of FreeBSD for years as a developer, but recently have been scared that I would be forced to use Linux instead for my work due to poor Java support... please help me Obi Wan... you're my only hope... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message