Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 18:57:51 -0500 From: Giao Nguyen <grail@functional.com> To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Goals for the JDK port Message-ID: <19971215185751.63790@functional.com> References: <3.0.3.32.19971212191058.00900dd0@hyperreal.org> <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971215161058.18044B-100000@teel.info-noire. com> <3.0.3.32.19971215152125.009835f0@hyperreal.org>
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There's been a lot of talk about CVS repository, make files, etc. There's been one thing I've been curious about. What are the goals of the port? Perhaps I hopped onto the mailing list a little bit late, but are we simply porting it or are we going to do anything to help the runtime performance? I do a good chunk of Java development and the speed of the ports convinced me to get a little Windows machine. I wished that wasn't the case --- not because of OS loyalties but for the sole purpose that I don't have an editor that didn't suck to work with. I guess what I'm saying is that this FreeBSD JDK port --- Can we not make it just another port? Can we do something to it that says, "Hey, this isn't just a port. We did some cool stuff and it's fast. It moves. It totally rocks. And it doesn't suck either." Or is this way bigger than this project at this current time? -- If God had meant you to get it right the first time, He would not have put "alter table" into SQL. -- Philip Greenspun, "How to be a Web Whore Just Like Me"
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