Re: little endian & big endian

1999-02-03 Thread John Summerfield
On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Carlo E. Prelz wroteSee added comments to code: > Subject: Re: little endian & big endian > Date: Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 06:00:22PM -0800 > > Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > I now have two different opinions. Some say Java is big-endian, some

Re: little endian & big endian

1999-02-03 Thread Robert P. Biuk-Aghai
On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Brad Pepers wrote: > If I wasn't lazy it should be fairly easy to find somewhere in > the Java specs that tells you what endian is used for the data > written out. Okay, I did a grep on the VMSpec docs and found out: Section 1.8: The Java Instruction Set "The number and si

Re: How can I do it?

1999-02-03 Thread Aaron Gaudio
Quite simple: in the second method he creates an array of zero length because he sets llen to f.length(). Well as we already discussed, the file will appear to have zero length, which means llen == 0 and when he initializes b, he uses new byte[len]...a zero-length array. Therefore it makes perfect

Another JDK 1.2 Status Report

1999-02-03 Thread Kevin B. Hendricks
Hi, I thought I would pass along some good news. The porters ran with plan B and so we now have a working green_threads version that can and does run the JCK to completion without hanging on both x86 and ppc. We still have to find and fix all of the errors reported by the JCK, but at least now

Re: little endian & big endian

1999-02-03 Thread Brad Pepers
Timothy Murphy wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 06:00:22PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Class files and serialized objects are MSB. The endianness of the VM > > itself is implementation dependent; however, if you could devise a > > pure-Java program that could detect the endianness o

Re: How can I do it?

1999-02-03 Thread Aaron Gaudio
And lo, the chronicles report that Dimitris Vyzovitis spake thusly unto the masses: > > > less and more both worked, but you are right, it is zero length. But > > why should that prevent Java from reading it (in fact I see it that someon > > else has tried it and succeeded). After all, stdin is z

Re: little endian & big endian

1999-02-03 Thread David Harvill
Absolutely. -dave On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Couldn't one write an int to a file, > and then read it as a character array? > [Just a slightly random thought.] > > -- > Timothy Murphy > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > tel: +353-1-2842366 > s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity

Re: little endian & big endian

1999-02-03 Thread Timothy Murphy
On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 06:00:22PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Class files and serialized objects are MSB. The endianness of the VM > itself is implementation dependent; however, if you could devise a > pure-Java program that could detect the endianness of the VM, you > would have found a

Re: How can I do it?

1999-02-03 Thread Dimitris Vyzovitis
> less and more both worked, but you are right, it is zero length. But > why should that prevent Java from reading it (in fact I see it that someon > else has tried it and succeeded). After all, stdin is zero length before > you put anything into it. As long as reading does not get and end-of-file

re: Announce jrex v1.1 alpha

1999-02-03 Thread Steve Alexander
Jerry Treweek wrote: >> From the number of requests for info on the Java 2 port, it would seem that there are many other out there who are under pressure to move to Java 2. I've now developed a remote executor which allows for remote compilation of java. We will use this until Java 2 is release a

Re: How can I do it?

1999-02-03 Thread Aaron Gaudio
And lo, the chronicles report that Dimitris Vyzovitis spake thusly unto the masses: > > > Aaron Gaudio wrote: > > > Isn't this a little over-complicated? Couldn't one just open up the file > > like any other normal file in Java and then read from it? I admit I > > haven't tried it myself. > > >

Could not download jdk1.1.6v2

1999-02-03 Thread Gaze, Peter
Steve, I could not download jdk1.1.6v2 from your site after trying all of the hyperlinks on http://java.blackdown.org/~sbb that link to http://java.blackdown.org/java-linux/Mirrors.cgi The response was that the requested url was not found. Hope you can help. Peter Gaze Network Analyst Telstra

Re: How can I do it?

1999-02-03 Thread Sean Kellner
Dimitris Vyzovitis wrote: > > Aaron Gaudio wrote: > > > Isn't this a little over-complicated? Couldn't one just open up the file > > like any other normal file in Java and then read from it? I admit I > > haven't tried it myself. > > > > /proc contents are special files. They always appear to

Re: benchmarks

1999-02-03 Thread Chris Huebsch
Hello, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hey all... > > I'm looking to see if anybody knows where I can find some recent benchmarks > results for the Linux JDK on x86... Preferably, but not necessarily, with > CaffeineMark or JMark benchmarks... It would definitely help to have > results WRT differ

benchmarks

1999-02-03 Thread paulsch
Hey all... I'm looking to see if anybody knows where I can find some recent benchmarks results for the Linux JDK on x86... Preferably, but not necessarily, with CaffeineMark or JMark benchmarks... It would definitely help to have results WRT different configurations... i.e. Using TYA, native

Re: How can I do it?

1999-02-03 Thread Dimitris Vyzovitis
Aaron Gaudio wrote: > Isn't this a little over-complicated? Couldn't one just open up the file > like any other normal file in Java and then read from it? I admit I > haven't tried it myself. > /proc contents are special files. They always appear to have size 0 but you can always cat them for

Blackdown JVM Benchmarks?

1999-02-03 Thread Sheila Harnett
Has the blackdown Linux JDK (1.1.x) been benchmarked on x86 configurations with CaffeineMark or JMark? If so, what were the results? Does the 1.1.x version feature a JIT? Thanks, -Sheila

Re: How can I do it?

1999-02-03 Thread Aaron Gaudio
Isn't this a little over-complicated? Couldn't one just open up the file like any other normal file in Java and then read from it? I admit I haven't tried it myself. And lo, the chronicles report that Chris Abbey spake thusly unto the masses: > > Do a runtime exec of "cat /proc/meminfo" and atta

Re: New interest channel for 1.2 questions...

1999-02-03 Thread James Seigel
Brilliant! Pooh Bear -- "I am just a bear of little brain" On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Jerry Treweek wrote: > Why don't we create a new interest channel for 1.2 (or 2) questions. That > will strip a lot of crud out of this channel, and the porting team and any > other patiently waiting people can filt

New interest channel for 1.2 questions...

1999-02-03 Thread Jerry Treweek
Why don't we create a new interest channel for 1.2 (or 2) questions. That will strip a lot of crud out of this channel, and the porting team and any other patiently waiting people can filter it all out into /dev/null...

Re: In the name of national security, when will JDK 1.2 ship? :-)

1999-02-03 Thread James Seigel
Just think how much extra planning time you are getting with this coding pause...the Y10K issues will be non-existent! #;) J P.S. Wow norad..and I just thought they played space invaders.. Pooh Bear -- "I am just a bear of little brain" On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Nathan Meyers wrote: > Our organiz

Re: swing

1999-02-03 Thread Christopher Hinds
Swing / JFC 1.1 is 100% pure java and therefore can be used with any JDK 1.1 complient JRE. You should be able to download the tar ball from sun directly. Cheers Chris Charlie Fulton wrote: > is swing available to use with your linux port? > > thanks, > > -Charlie. > > btw, great job on the por

Re: I don't want to know when 1.2 will ship - honest!

1999-02-03 Thread James Seigel
I think we should set up a system whereby the people who have paid the most money to support the blackdown effort get to ask when it is coming out and the rest can then ask themselves "self, how much am I willing to do to help support these wonderful porters..who after releasing 1.2 will get a br

In the name of national security, when will JDK 1.2 ship? :-)

1999-02-03 Thread Nathan Meyers
Our organization has adopted Java 2, Swing, and Linux for mission-critical activities in our environment. Please advise when JDK1.2 will be shipping for Linux. We and the President really appreciate the job you've been doing. We look forward to delivery of JDK1.2 and to restoration of an effectiv

Re: little endian & big endian

1999-02-03 Thread Christopher Hinds
<> You are looking in the *wrong* place , try these two excellent books on the Java Virtual machines, 1.) "The Java Virtual Machine by Jon Meyer and Troy Downing (Publisher O'Reilly)" 2.) "Inside the Java Virtual Machine by Bill Venners ( publisher McGraw - Hill ) This book is my favorit

Re: I don't want to know when 1.2 will ship - honest!

1999-02-03 Thread Dimitris Vyzovitis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I, by contrast, DO want to know, I'm just not going to ask. > > M. I think that anyone (even deep within his mind) would like to know when it will be out. But I also think that we should stop bothering the porters and let them do their job. Patience people! Dimitris

Announce jrex v1.1 alpha

1999-02-03 Thread Jerry Treweek
Hi >From the number of requests for info on the Java 2 port, it would seem that there are many other out there who are under pressure to move to Java 2. I've now developed a remote executor which allows for remote compilation of java. We will use this until Java 2 is release and stable, so we ca

Re: jre 1.1.5

1999-02-03 Thread Michael Sinz
On Wed, 03 Feb 1999 02:25:26 PST, alexander lang wrote: >Hi, > >Do you know where I can get a JRE 1.1.5 (for LINUX). Will higher >versions of jre be compatible with code compiled with a lower jdk? Yes, the JRE 1.1.7 should run all older JRE 1.1.x code and most all JRE 1.0.2 code (they claim al

Re: little endian & big endian

1999-02-03 Thread Peter Naulls
> > On a small-endian machine, the values would only be converted to > > big-endian when they're written to a file, or sent out over the network. > > Actually, I was wondering whether the Java Language Spec says anything > about what byte order should prevail. I searched for it but couldn't > fi

jre 1.1.5

1999-02-03 Thread alexander lang
Hi, Do you know where I can get a JRE 1.1.5 (for LINUX). Will higher versions of jre be compatible with code compiled with a lower jdk? Thank you very much. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Re: little endian & big endian

1999-02-03 Thread Carlo E. Prelz
Subject: Re: little endian & big endian Date: Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 08:48:11AM +0200 Quoting Carlo E. Prelz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Wed Feb 3 07:45:55 eccolo:~/test <^_^> java Test_endian > First byte: a > Second byte: b > Wed Feb 3 07:46:22 eccolo:~/test <^_^> Ah, no... first

Re: little endian & big endian

1999-02-03 Thread Carlo E. Prelz
Subject: Re: little endian & big endian Date: Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 06:00:22PM -0800 Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > I now have two different opinions. Some say Java is big-endian, some > > say it depends which machine it's on. Who's right? Proofs, please. > >