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To: dfk@wildcat.cs.dartmouth.edu (David Kotz)
Cc: questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Java?
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 05 Oct 1995 12:03:11 EDT."
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 1995 09:17:08 +0100
From: Scott Mitchell <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>
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>   Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 16:24:19 +1000 (EST)
>   From: Anthony Hill <ahill@netspace.net.au>
>
>   On Wed, 4 Oct 1995, David Kotz wrote:
>
>   > Anyone know if Java (interpreter and/or compiler component) will be
>   > available for FreeBSD?
>
>   Well the new UNIX version of netscape (due in a few days) is supposed
>   to support Java, dont know about authoring tools though.
>
>I don't want a browser, I don't want HotJava, I want to run Java
>programs.
>
>dave

But that's what the browser does, right? (runs Java programs).  At least,
HotJava did the last time I played with it.  The HotJava package included a
compiler (I think) but I guess you won't get that with Netscape.

Scott.

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