Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 16:45:14 -0400 (EDT) From: "Douglas M. Breault" <doug@ns.sdlcomm.com> To: Jake Hamby <jehamby@lightside.com> Cc: java-port-bsd@portia.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, bsdi-isps@gateway.com Subject: Re: Java support in BSD kernel!? Message-ID: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.960510162734.1206C-100000@ns.sdlcomm.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.92.960510123809.282A-100000@hamby1>
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(I'm not a Java, Linux, or BSD guru.) I was being stupid I guess, but I assumed that because the Java port for BSD wasn't completed yet, that I couldn't run Java from the server. The point I didn't get, and that some other ISP's may not get, is that you CAN compile Java code on other platforms and take the .class file, place it on your BSD server and call the .class from HTML pages. So now I simply write the Java code on a Win 95 machine (until the BSD Java port is ready) and copy the classes over to BSD. Now, that's basic functionality. As for the difference between Java apps and applets and which ones will/will not work under this scheme...not sure. Java is just a side thing for me. Hope this helps someone else who was waiting on the BSD Java port. -Doug On Fri, 10 May 1996, Jake Hamby wrote: > A friend told me that Linux would be "supporting Java in the kernel", > which seemed questionable since for licensing reasons it would be > impossible to embed the Java run-time into a GNU kernel like Linux (or > FreeBSD for that matter)! > > The message he actually forwarded me told a quite different story: > Basically somebody has patched the Linux kernel to recognize a Java .class > file and run "java MyClass", in much the same manner as a shell script is > executed with the command on the top line (e.g. "#!/bin/sh"). > > I know it would be quite simple to add this support to both FreeBSD and > NetBSD, but since the versions of the JDK for these systems are not stable > enough for production use (due primarily to lack of threads and/or Motif > availability), I'm not concerned about doing this myself. In fact, I'm > doing all my Java development on Solaris/x86! (I know this makes me a > "traitor" to BSD, but at least it's not Windoze :-) > > However, when the JDK does become robust and widely available, it would > certainly be a good idea to add .class handling intelligence to the BSD > kernels if for no other reason than to say that we, too, have "Java > support in the OS" even if it is a half-truth. Comments? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > |Jake Hamby| Ask me about Unix, FreeBSD, Solaris, The Tick, Motif, or NT, eh?| > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > "Hi, can I interest you in buying some meat over the phone?" -Lotus commercial > >
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