Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 15:35:13 +1000 From: Joe Shevland <J_Shevland@TurnAround.com.au> To: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kaffe release coming soon Message-ID: <370C4011.6E202321@TurnAround.com.au> References: <199904080509.WAA32322@bubba.whistle.com>
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Archie Cobbs wrote: > > Nate Williams writes: > > > TONS of stuff has been fixed since 1.0b3. It's much closer to > > > reasonable usable at this point.. though still not perfect, > > > especially with complex AWT apps. > > > > How does the JIT do with AWT stuff? > > I don't know much at all about AWT stuff, but I think pretty good, > as the way AWT is implemented in kaffe is "lightweight" (whatever > that means in the context of AWT). I would assume that means the components used by kaffe to render on-screen widgets are built from the ground up from graphics primitives instead of using the native platform's windowing components. Swing/JFC is considered lightweight as it builds all GUI components from scratch; AWT is not lightweight as it relies on building a layer on top of the native widgets. At least that's my understanding. Regards, Joe. > The JIT engine for kaffe is pretty naive. It could definitely > benefit from a more intelligent algorithm, eg, that did some > simple peephole optimizations. In any case it's still a heck > of a lot faster than interpreting. > > -Archie > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message -- --------------------------------------------- ,-._|\ | Joe Shevland / \ | Principal Consultant \_,--._/ | Turnaround Solutions Pty. Ltd. v | http://www.TurnAround.com.au --------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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