From owner-freebsd-java Tue Jan 26 12:18:26 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA24085 for freebsd-java-outgoing; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 12:18:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA24074 for ; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 12:18:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA25053; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:18:22 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id NAA13723; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:18:21 -0700 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:18:21 -0700 Message-Id: <199901262018.NAA13723@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Amancio Hasty Cc: Nate Williams , java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: TowerJ for FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <199901242228.OAA04162@rah.star-gate.com> References: <199901242041.NAA01895@mt.sri.com> <199901242228.OAA04162@rah.star-gate.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 19.16 "Lille" XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Linux vs. NT --- I hope that the printed version gives more info ... > > http://www.internetworld.com/print/1998/11/23/webdev/19981123-java.html This article basically compares Linux:TowerJ vs. NT:M$-JIT. The Linux JDK wasn't even involved in this test. Note, this works ok for 'embedded' Java servers, but doesn't work well in a pure servlet environment. Instead of running a 'servlet', you run an executable program which happens to be a Java program. However, you lose much of the 'dynamic' features of the Java language using the TowerJ approach, which works well for large/static installations. If TowerJ did a FreeBSD port, I suspect we could beat the pants of everyone (including Linux), but getting $50K for a FreeBSD isn't promising. :( Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message