[1] http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=591059
Regards,
Tim
> Link below is what I suggested 1.5 years ago:
> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/harmony-dev/200607.mbox/[EMAIL
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>
> Thanks,
> xiaofeng
>
> On 3/6/08, Alexei Fedotov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Johnny,
>> You are welcome to return when you get some rest. I believe anyone can
>> learn how to build a Harmony provided he has enough time and passion.
>> Thank you for your energy and enthusiasm.
>>
>> All, do we want to switch to something newer? MSVC 2005? Or MSVC 2008?
>> Or Cygwin's gcc?
>> J9 funs, may J9 dependency from a specific runtime prove an issue?
>> Stepan, Alexey, CC owners, I'm asking you because enabling efforts
>> look lighter for me compared to BTI transition.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Johnny Kewl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> You know when I first looked at this I said lets do JRELite, which I see
>> as the future of Java, and
>>> to do this, I'm going to take Harmony and "break it into little
>> pieces"... ha ha
>>> Well I stand before you humbled and broken, Harmony broke me into little
>> pieces, bashed my head against the wall and then drowned me ;)
>>> I think it threw a few kicks in as well ;)
>>>
>>> Its a humungous ambitious beyond belief undertaking and even though I've
>> done plenty of C in my time,
>>> cross platform coding is something else.
>>>
>>> Have always used an IDE, and thats my problem, I just dont know where to
>> start when faced with build
>>> errors... I just cant cant get it to compile on XP even now using VS 6
>>> Its trying but when something like this happens...
>>>
>>> [exec] E:\Harmony\working_classlib\deploy\include\hythread.h(137) :
>> error C
>>> 2146: syntax error : missing ')' before identifier 'millis'
>>>
>>> in this code
>>>
>>> extern HY_CFUNC IDATA VMCALL
>>> hythread_sleep_interruptable PROTOTYPE ((I_64 millis, IDATA nanos));
>>>
>>> I know its not a real syntax error and that I_64 is probably not
>> defined... then I follow the code back and it just becomes
>>> a whole bunch of cross platform defines... and then I wonder where on
>> earth the ant script defines that.
>>> I tried all sorts of things and... even from VS 2005 and there for some
>> reason its trying to compile the
>>> linux folders and not the win32... and I think where on earth do you tell
>> the ant script to change that.
>>> Or is it hiding in a mak file... I now officially give up.
>>>
>>> How on earth does one go about bringing code back from ant driven.... to
>> IDE driven... that beats me.
>>> All these dependencies... for me impossible.
>>>
>>> So I leave you gurus to do your thing... I can see you damn good, and
>> that you are working
>>> damn hard, but the size of this project and my skill levels lacking the
>> ability to even get it to a dev environment means
>>> .... Harmony has kicked my butt ;)
>>>
>>> We going try kludge JRELite from J2SE... but that really means internal
>> company use only... its a fun thing.
>>> Just before I go, I want to show you something and why I believe JRELite
>> is the future...
>>> This technology is something your truely invented because we dont like
>> EJB, now if you can just forget about that... we get flamed regularly
>>> ... the surprising thing that fell out of this was the delivery times of
>> applications.
>>> With this technology applications all live on a central server, so there
>> is no application installed in the company, they are delivered.
>>> And also do not get confused here... delivering application and
>> delivering the API as suggested in JRELIte is NOT the same thing.
>>> BUT... it is using a similar principle, ie it does not install the JARs,
>> it just sucks down what the application needs.
>>> Now if you degrade yourselves ;) and set this up on a MS system.... watch
>> how fast the applications are delivered.
>>> In most cases, on a LAN... in under a second.... so you see, I wasnt
>> totally open... I know JRELite will work.
>>> Its (if you can just forget about the competition with EJB)... a good way
>> for you to see how your JreLite would work, when you deliver API...
>> http://coolharbor.100free.com/index.htm
>>> Best of luck to you.
>>
>>
>> --
>> With best regards,
>> Alexei
>>
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