From owner-freebsd-java Wed Aug 2 21:23:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au (ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.246.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2FAC37B606 for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2000 21:23:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from glewis@ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au) Received: (from glewis@localhost) by ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA30354; Thu, 3 Aug 2000 13:53:08 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from glewis) From: Greg Lewis Message-Id: <200008030423.NAA30354@ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Alpha JDK 1.2.2 JPDA extension 1 In-Reply-To: <000001bffc96$8e99c7c0$0d42060a@rust.heavytech.com> from Nick Popoff at "Aug 2, 2000 08:30:15 am" To: Nick Popoff Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 13:53:08 +0930 (CST) Cc: Greg Lewis , freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL70 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Nick Popoff wrote: > (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. > :) *grin* > 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... Thanks, but didn't Obi Wan die in that movie :-) -- Greg Lewis glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au Computing Officer +61 8 8303 5083 Teletraffic Research Centre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message