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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!enews.sgi.com!news.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!jraynard.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Java, JDK & FreeBSD Date: 29 May 1996 22:32:12 -0000 Organization: A FreeBSD Box Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4oij9c$hv@jraynard.demon.co.uk> References: <4ofsuh$9h0@mitzi.rsmas.miami.edu> <4og1ro$hlv@marina.cinenet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: jraynard.demon.co.uk In article <4og1ro$hlv@marina.cinenet.net>, Bob Mercier <mercier@cinenet.net> wrote: >Ivan Lima (ivan@nauplius.rsmas.miami.edu) wrote: >: Does anyone know where I can get some documentation on JDK for FreeBSD >: and kaffe? I Installed both in my system but I'm getting error >: messages when I try to compile java code, like: > >I don't know if this is generally known so I'll post it here. You >can compile Java source with netscape on FreeBSD... [snip] >This works pretty well for me. While I'm sure it's not as fast >as kaffe, the last version of kaffe I tried generated different >bytecode (that crashed) on some applets. There are now ports for kaffe, as well as jdk and netscape3, in ports-current (look in the www dictionary). -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland jraynard@dial.pipex.com james@jraynard.demon.co.uk