RE: [PLUG] (non-religious) open-source java ;)

[William Shank <wshank@mbcnet.com>]

FYI: kaffe is an OSS clean room implimentation of java, however, last I
checked it wasn't up to 1.2 compatible yet. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Fred K Ollinger
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Sent: 4/26/01 12:48 PM
Subject: [PLUG] (non-religious) open-source java ;)

	This is a (late) follow-up to the question on java.

	Sun does make the api quite open, but IIRC, the underlying
sources
are closed (which might be a Good ThingTM to some people as it stops
people from depending upon 'hidden' functions which are subject to
change
with little warning).  There is an open source java project going on,
however.  I believe that it doesn't have swing yet, but it does have the
ability to use .class files anyway, so I'm thinking that maybe there may
be a way to use all the copious java libs. However, this method would
result in a drop into the OS VM which would give a performance his.
Someone might want to correct me on some of this. Anyway, the compiler
promises a compilation down to native bin--if you stick to the OS libs,
which I find to be quite cool.
	Imagine giving users the choice: use the VM _or_ if you use a
qualified platform, you can use the bin and get a performance gain.

Fred Ollinger




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