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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!pendragon!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!oitnews.harvard.edu!news.sesqui.net!uuneo.neosoft.com!bonkers!not-for-mail From: tim@sarc.city.ac.uk (Tim Wilkinson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce Subject: ANNOUNCE: Kaffe - a Java(tm) compatible virtual machine. Date: 6 Feb 1996 05:30:05 -0600 Organization: Systems Architecture Research Centre, City University Lines: 32 Sender: daemon@taronga.com Approved: peter@taronga.com Message-ID: <4f7e3t$5ld@bonkers.taronga.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.taronga.com Announcing the release of Kaffe-0.1 =================================== Kaffe is a clean-room Java(tm)* compatible virtual machine interpreter and translator. Unlike the current version distributed by Sun's Javasoft*, this system performs "on-the-fly" conversion of the Java virtual machine code into native machine code. This allows execution of Java code at speeds approaching standard compiled code but maintains Java machine code independence. *NOTE*, this is version 0.1. This should indicate something about the stability and completeness of this program to you (if it was finished it'd be called 1.0 wouldn't it). However even this version will run simple applications and compile programs using Javasoft's Javac. The current version is available at the following: ftp.sarc.city.ac.uk:/pub/kaffe/kaffe-0.1.tgz For the moment it only supports FreeBSD-2.1.0, although a Linux port is forth coming (just as soon as I can get hold of a Linux machine). Other ports will be added as and when I have time. Enjoy. * Java and Javasoft are registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. -- Tim Wilkinson Email: tim@sarc.city.ac.uk Systems Architecture Research Centre, Tel: +44 171 477 8551 City University, Northampton Sq., Fax: +44 171 477 8587 London EC1V 0HB, UK.