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Date:      Sat, 27 Mar 1999 00:33:54 -0800 (PST)
From:      Mark Diekhans <markd@Grizzly.COM>
To:        sprice@hiwaay.net
Cc:        freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@lojic.com, dwilde1@thuntek.net
Subject:   Re: A BSD-licensed JIT (was Re: Development Projects)
Message-ID:  <199903270833.AAA05586@osprey.grizzly.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.02.9903262337050.22203-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net> (message from Steve Price on Fri, 26 Mar 1999 23:50:55 -0600 (CST))
References:   <Pine.OSF.4.02.9903262337050.22203-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net>

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>I've had about all of this I can stand.  I've read the JIT
>docs and seen the size of the tarballs to a couple of JITs.
>Not trying to trivialize in anyway what it takes to write
>a really good JIT, but I want one under a BSD-style license
>and I think we can get something workable in a reasonable
>amount of time.

What is the importance of getting a JIT under a BSD-license?

While it would be nice, it doesn't seem to have any real impact
on the usability of Java on FreeBSD for developing commercial
applications.

>Comments/suggestions/code?

Instead of writing yet another JIT, pick the `best' one
and help test and improve it.

Mark


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