Re: [TCLUG:11835] Java?

[Jon Schewe <jpschewe@eggplant.mtu.net>]

Perry Hoekstra wrote:
> 
> Bob Tanner wrote:
> 
> > Quoting Perry Hoekstra (dutchman@uswest.net):
> > > Having said that, I have yet heard of somebody getting Kaffe working well.
> > > I hate to say it (because it is a rather large download) but I would remove
> > > Kaffe and get the Blackdown distribution.
> >
> > There is also the Inprise/Sun JDK, which is a rip-off of the Blackdown work,
> > but I found it to be more stable using native threads then the pure Blackdown
> > port.
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> That is what I am afraid of.  I would prefer to support the Blackdown effort but
> I have heard they have had difficulties getting bug patches from Sun.  Sun can
> pretty much choke off Blackdown by denying them support.
> 
It's my understanding that Sun apologized and is trying to work with the
Blackdown folks to get it working properly under Linux.  I'd prefer to
use Sun's port because there's a good chance it'll keep better pace with
the changes in the language since Sun is the one that maintains the
language.  It'd be nice if jdk1.3 would come out for Linux close to the
time it comes out for Solaris and Windows.  

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