Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 01:12:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Jake Hamby <jehamby@lightside.com> To: Stephen Hocking <sysseh@devetir.qld.gov.au> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Java - is anyone working on this at all? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950908010824.6439A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199509080401.EAA28344@netfl15a.devetir.qld.gov.au>
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On Fri, 8 Sep 1995, Stephen Hocking wrote:
> Last I heard, it was dependent on a functional threads library, which we did
> not seem to have after 1.1.5. Is anyone
>
> a) working on pthreads (yes, it would be nice to have this in the distribution)
>
> b) working on Java.
>
Well the latest pthreads is 1.60 beta 3, which seemed to compile cleanly
enough under FreeBSD 2.0.5, although when running the verification tests, the
floating point thread test failed. I will probably investigate this further.
As far Java, that would be VERY interesting to see some people start
working on a port of this to FreeBSD. If all it needs is a working
threads library, and pthreads would be adequate to the task, why not
start a porting team? The important thing is that it has to be a SERIOUS
effort in order for Sun to give out the source code to HotJava, so if
anyone wants to start a HotJava porting team, you can count me in...
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Jake Hamby | E-Mail: jehamby@lightside.com
Student, Cal Poly University, Pomona | System Administrator, JPL
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