From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri May 10 13:27:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA20987 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 10 May 1996 13:27:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns.sdlcomm.com (doug@[204.137.135.36]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA20965 for ; Fri, 10 May 1996 13:27:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from doug@localhost) by ns.sdlcomm.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) id QAA01224; Fri, 10 May 1996 16:24:01 -0400 Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 16:23:59 -0400 (EDT) From: "Douglas M. Breault" To: Jake Hamby cc: java-port-bsd@portia.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Java support in BSD kernel!? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 10 May 1996, Jake Hamby wrote: > A friend told me that Linux would be "supporting Java in the kernel", > which seemed questionable since for licensing reasons it would be > impossible to embed the Java run-time into a GNU kernel like Linux (or > FreeBSD for that matter)! > > The message he actually forwarded me told a quite different story: > Basically somebody has patched the Linux kernel to recognize a Java .class > file and run "java MyClass", in much the same manner as a shell script is > executed with the command on the top line (e.g. "#!/bin/sh"). > > I know it would be quite simple to add this support to both FreeBSD and > NetBSD, but since the versions of the JDK for these systems are not stable > enough for production use (due primarily to lack of threads and/or Motif > availability), I'm not concerned about doing this myself. In fact, I'm > doing all my Java development on Solaris/x86! (I know this makes me a > "traitor" to BSD, but at least it's not Windoze :-) > > However, when the JDK does become robust and widely available, it would > certainly be a good idea to add .class handling intelligence to the BSD > kernels if for no other reason than to say that we, too, have "Java > support in the OS" even if it is a half-truth. Comments? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > |Jake Hamby| Ask me about Unix, FreeBSD, Solaris, The Tick, Motif, or NT, eh?| > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > "Hi, can I interest you in buying some meat over the phone?" -Lotus commercial > >