Hi there, it turned out that the Linux 64-bit compiled library caused a buffer overrun, if the Rexx interpreter was loaded via Java (JNI).
It seems that the problem was introduced by using the latest 64-bit Ubuntu's gcc and/or libc. Going back to an older version of Ubuntu and recompile BSF4ooRexx.cc yielded a correct functioning 64-bit library which replaces the one in the actual beta package. So 64-bit Linux users might wish to uninstall their current beta version of BSF4ooRexx and reinstall the latest drop at <https://sourceforge.net/projects/bsf4oorexx/files/beta/20150608/>. ---rony -------------- cut here (original Beta # 2 announcement) ------------ Hi there, at <https://sourceforge.net/projects/bsf4oorexx/files/beta/20150608/> you'll find a new beta version of BSF4ooRexx (an external function package to allow ooRexx access to Java, and Java access to ooRexx), a zip-archive for Windows and Linux, and two MacOSX installation packages, one for 32- and one for 64-bit ooRexx. Changes in this beta: * This version fixes a mixup and an installation issue on 64-bit Windows, running 32-bit Rexx (which also needs a 32-bit Java installed). (So Les, you might want to try this version!) * This version fullly supports JSR-223 (the Java scripting framework in the package javax.script), which means that any Java program can take advantage of ooRexx scripts by using the Java scripting standard. Please look-up the samples in "samples/Java/jsr223" which highlights the full implementation done for ooRexx, i.e. including the Java interfaces Compilable and Invocable. o This beta includes a new external Rexx function called "BsfContextVariables()", which allows one to set (drop) local Rexx variables to the values found in a directory. This features is exploited in a new nutshell example in "samples/Java/jsr223"; the Rexx programs there will get invoked via Java and the new javax.script support and demonstrate also how to get at the information in the supplied ScriptContext. * It would be interesting to learn how it does performancewise as well. So, if you have a possibility to test multiple JSR-223 languages and compare them with the ooRexx scripting engine, then please share your findings! If you find bugs, please file them with the sourceforge bsf4oorexx tracker. ---rony
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