Uncle George:
>Actually u do have to change the '.java' files ( simply for practicable
>convience ). Having extensive experience in porting sun's JDK, I find
>it rather difficult to store 64bits into a 32bit java int. Maybe u can
>review the java-linux-porting diffs of their 1.2 port. I'd like to know,
>for example, how the solaris printer 'queue' switches was changed to be
>compatable with linux printer 'queue' commands.
Where do 32/64bit differences on the platform bubble up to the java.*
level that you would need to change this? If there are such locations,
these should be reported as bugs because on the java level you shouldn't
be able to determine the native wordsize of the underlying platform.
Changing the wordsize of standard API level interfaces during a port
would completely defeat the purpose of the virtual machine, and I for
one are very glad that Sun wouldn't allow this. If your Alpha port
has changed ints and longs in API .java files it's just as much Java
as Microsoft's stuff is...
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