From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Oct 1 21:02:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA22953 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 21:02:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from WEBBSD1.turnaround.com.au (webbsd1.turnaround.com.au [203.39.138.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA22948 for ; Thu, 1 Oct 1998 21:02:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from J_Shevland@TurnAround.com.au) Received: from TurnAround.com.au (dhcp72.turnaround.com.au [192.168.1.72]) by WEBBSD1.turnaround.com.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA18241; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 14:03:44 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from J_Shevland@TurnAround.com.au) Message-ID: <36144F8B.F0FA171A@TurnAround.com.au> Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 13:59:07 +1000 From: Joe Shevland Organization: TurnAround Solutions Pty. Ltd. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nate Williams CC: Chuck Robey , FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Java References: <361432B8.CDAD82A6@TurnAround.com.au> <199810020336.VAA13764@mt.sri.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Nate Williams wrote: > > > > I suddenly need java for a school project (I need jdbc). I see the port > > > of 1.1.6, and I'm currently installing it, but the 3 other members of my > > > project are all going to be using 1.1.7. Will I notice much difference? > > > > No, 1.1.7 only has (among other things) an updated JIT (just in time > > compiler) and bugfixes. > > Note, the JIT fixes are only on the Win32 platform, so wouldn't affect > any unix boxes. (And, given the sorry state of the Symantec JIT, I > wouldn't trust it for anything mission-critical in any case. Sad > stories available upon request. ;( ) > That's right. On a totally different note I just tried Jikes and it fairly hums on Solaris compared to the Sun one, I assume that's similar on FreeBSD. -- ======================================================= Joe Shevland TurnAround Solutions Pty. Ltd. Senior Consultant J_Shevland@TurnAround.com.au Voice (03) 6224 9146 ShevlandJ@Netscape.net -- FreeBSD - The Power to Serve ======================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message