From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Mar 23 12:54:50 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.iwaynet.net (smtp.iwaynet.net [198.30.29.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FFE114C90; Tue, 23 Mar 1999 12:54:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@lojic.com) Received: from daytona (overkill.Progressive-Systems.Com [209.41.220.250]) by smtp.iwaynet.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id PAA02797; Tue, 23 Mar 1999 15:53:45 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <4.1.19990323154644.0153a1f0@mailbox.iwaynet.net> X-Sender: adkins@mailbox.iwaynet.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 15:53:59 -0500 To: Nate Williams From: Brian Adkins Subject: Re: FreeBSD emulation for linux Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199903232038.NAA15495@mt.sri.com> References: <4.1.19990323151435.0153a550@mailbox.iwaynet.net> <199903231936.NAA10667@free.pcs> <4.2.0.32.19990323125147.00a86a80@localhost> <4.1.19990323151435.0153a550@mailbox.iwaynet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 01:38 PM 3/23/99 -0700, Nate Williams wrote: >> 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? 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! >> 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? > >Nate thanks dude! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message