Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 14:56:14 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Brian Adkins <brian@lojic.com> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD emulation for linux Message-ID: <199903232156.OAA15937@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990323154644.0153a1f0@mailbox.iwaynet.net> References: <4.1.19990323151435.0153a550@mailbox.iwaynet.net> <199903231936.NAA10667@free.pcs> <local.mail.freebsd-advocacy/19990323054252$ca17@fish.pcs> <local.mail.freebsd-advocacy/4.2.0.32.19990322194937.03ee4600@localhost> <4.2.0.32.19990323125147.00a86a80@localhost> <199903232038.NAA15495@mt.sri.com> <4.1.19990323154644.0153a1f0@mailbox.iwaynet.net>
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> >> I would personally like to get to the point where folks who want Java and a > >> free OS go to FreeBSD *first*. > > > >While I think this is a laudable goal, the lack of a solid JIT means > >that FreeBSD will lack behind the other OS's (notably the M$ version) in > >performance. > > So what do we have to do to get a solid JIT? Is it a matter of developer > time, or are there other issues involved? Mostly resources, which involve more than time, but involve expertise. Similar to the thread running in -hackers, you need someone with time, expertise, and desire to work on the problem. Unfortunately, I have very little of all of them. :) > If we could compete with > Microsoft's and Sun's Java performance/reliability, I would probably become > the #1 FreeBSD evangelist in a short time :) I mean, I love it as it is, > but if it had a Java as least as good as Windows NT, I'd be ecstatic! So would I. :) :) > >> Other commercial OS companies are seriously > >> lacking here, I think SCO only has a 1.1.3 JDK, whereas, FreeBSD already > >> has a 1.1.7. > > > >And soon to have an ELF version. I've spent the last few days working > >on it, and I hope to have the ELF version of JDK1 out by next week > >sometime. > > > >Then, it's onto JDK2. :) > > Doesn't the Java 2 platform include Symantec's JIT? Will we get that with > the port? The Linux folks have someone been able to integrate it, but I don't know how. Hopefully their patches will shed some light into that, but the JIT apparently only works with green threads and not native threads. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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