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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!gail.ripco.com!dr From: dr@ripco.com (David Richards) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: State of JAVA support for FreeBSD Date: 31 Jan 1997 01:17:24 GMT Organization: Ripco Communications Inc. Lines: 25 Message-ID: <5crh74$hdj$1@gail.ripco.com> References: <32F0FBBE.41C67EA6@gusw.dialup.fu-berlin.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: rci.ripco.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34766 In article <32F0FBBE.41C67EA6@gusw.dialup.fu-berlin.de>, Gunther Schadow <gunther@gusw.dialup.fu-berlin.de> wrote: >Hello, > >what is the state of Java support on FreeBSD? Is there a port of >the JDK environment, like compiler and debugger to FreeBSD? I guess >the Linux ELF binaries won't run yet. I had problems to use the >netscape_javac compiler. I would like to start developing Java >applications soon, any chance with FreeBSD? The 'Kaffe' Java compiler/interpreter builds cleanly on FreeBSD 2.x.x, and claims to run 10x as fast as the official Sun JDK. http://www.tjwassoc.demon.co.uk/kaffe/kaffe.htm available in the US via FTP at: ftp://ftp.cs.columbia.edu/pub/kaffe/ -- David Richards Ripco, since Nineteen-Eighty-Three My opinions are my own, Public Access in Chicago But they are available for rental Shell/SLIP/PPP/UUCP/ISDN/Leased dr@ripco.com (773) 665-0065 !Free Usenet/E-Mail!