>
> I know that Kaffe is primarily a PersonalJava implementation, which is
> why it breaks several progs. Is it being extended now?
>
Contrary to what was stated earlier on this list, Kaffe currently
supports most 1.1 applications. It also runs on RH 6.0, btw, because
you can simply recompile it for its version of glibc.
It does not support applications relying on those parts of the 1.1
API that it does not implement yet. In particular, those relying on
packages such as java.security. In some cases, you can use Sun's
classes.zip in addition to Kaffe and still run the application.
If your 1.1 or 1.2 application does not run, please consider submitting
a bug report at www.kaffe.org.
Kaffe is being extended to provide Java 1.2 functionality, however,
at this point, only few classes are up to 1.2 standards. Basically,
classes are extended on a need basis if people want to run 1.2 apps
that rely on them.
Hope that helps,
- Godmar
ps: I think that both Bernd & Michael are right.
First, without having an vendor-neutral open source implementation,
Java won't become an open standard. On the other hand, having such
an implementation is not enough for it to become open.
> On Sat, 8 May 1999, Bernd Kreimeier wrote:
>
> > Michael Emmel writes:
> > > There has been a request on the Java Lobby www.javalobby.org
> > > To reform the java lobby into a grass roots campaign to allow
> > > Java developers to take a lager role in the determination of
> > > java's future.
> >
> > IMO the time and energy is better spent in supporting clean
> > room implementations like Japhar or Kaffe, Classpath, TYA,
> > or gjc.
> >
>
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