updated java environment script

2000-05-31 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
Quite a while ago, I posted a script for setting java environment (classpath, paths for various jdks, etc), intended to be placed at /etc/profile.d (or equivalent). Well, here is an updated version, that is a bit more general in terms of multiple jdks (thanks to the advent of ibm-jdk-1.3). \begin

Re: IBM Java 1.3: some problems.

2000-05-31 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
Kristian Soerensen wrote: Hi I just tried the IBM JVM 1.3 for Linux With it's accompaining jit it's very fast, but it crashes X every time I try running a program that uses the AWT. Has anybody else seen similar crashes and maybe looked further into what's gping wrong? I 've tested under enlight

official linux j2ee sun release

2000-05-24 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
http://java.sun.com/features/2000/05/j2eelinux.html -- dimitris mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SMP ok?

2000-04-02 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
Matt Welsh wrote: Dimitrios Vyzovitis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I have a 2xPIII-500 box and it kicks butt (both ibm and blackdown jdk). > Go for it! We have had a lot of problems with native threads on SMP machines, for all JDK's tested (Sun 1.1.x, Sun 1.2.x, and IBM

Re: SMP ok?

2000-04-02 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
Danny Ayers wrote: Hi, Although there's a note on Sun's site about the Linux JDK not being trustworthy with multiprocessor setups, I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this. I'm running RH 6.1 (the Gentus release) with SMP kernel 2.2.15 (or thereabouts, I think), and want to get the

Re: Classpath

2000-03-24 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
Man Chi Ly wrote: chances are a Linux newbie is using bash (default on GNU/Linux) :) The short answer is CLASSPATH is pretty much deprecated in JDK 1.2 (the JDK README briefly discusses this). And I'm pretty sure a more lengthy discussion can be found on java.sun.com. This question is a FAQ, and

Re: Problem with exec() on BlackDown 1.1.8 v1 and RH6.1

2000-03-17 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thank you very much for everyone responding to my original question. > I did try to use exec("./a.out") in the java application but still get > exception like:/mnt/e/Linux/java/proc/One>java communicate > got e after try exec() > java.io.IOException: ./a.out: not found

Re: Java shell

2000-03-16 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
Timothy Reaves wrote:     I saw - somewhere sometime - a java shell application, that would let you interactively execute java code.  I've lost the link.  Can someone provide some assistance? jpython is  definitely what you are looking for. Really simple and intuitive. You can even mix java and

Re: Wasnt there suppose to be a new JAVA licensing model to be shown today?

2000-02-04 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
Uncle George wrote: > Is there going to be any news as to what this new model will be, or when > it will be publically announced ? > gat > It could be the SISL Sun Industry Standards Source Licence: http://www.theregister.co.uk/000202-13.html better than SCSL, but still not good enough ;-)

Re: another possibility wrt the press-release.

1999-12-12 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
Jeff Galyan wrote: I wasn't involved in the Inprise deal, and I don't buy the argument that Inprise wanted "brand recognition" on the JVM for Linux. Why don't I buy that argument? Because Sun owns the trademark and copyright on the Java "brand". No one else can "brand" Java. Does Inprise have the

Re: sun announcement

1999-12-09 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
Joseph Shraibman wrote: > Seesh. Read more carefully, will you? > > We look forward to continued collaboration with Blackdown with the common > goal of providing the Java 2 platform to the Linux community." > > > > Blackdown.org continues to be a valuable source for Java technology for > Linux

Re: sun announcement

1999-12-09 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
Robbie Baldock wrote: > Dimitrios Vyzovitis wrote: > > > Apparently, sun has made an apologetic announcement. Check out: > > http://java.sun.com/features/1999/12/linux.html > > That URL doesn't appear to exist... huh? How do I manage to see it, without using a proxy

Re: Sun/Inprise/GPL Linux JDK

1999-12-09 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
Tony Dean wrote: > Of course once we enter the standards process we can do anything from > start with > a clean sheet of paper up to (more or less) Java. > > I presented a paper on using JNI with Linux at the Atlanta Linux > Showcase and the feedback > ran from one guy telling me this was exactly

sun announcement

1999-12-09 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
Apparently, sun has made an apologetic announcement. Check out: http://java.sun.com/features/1999/12/linux.html However, how should someone interpret: "Blackdown.org continues to be a valuable source for Java technology for Linux, including JDK 1.1.x releases."? Hopefully, it doesn't imply "Than

praise and respect for blackdown - but never for sun

1999-12-08 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
To the blackdown team: Praise, Respect and Many Thanks for the great work guys. Don't give up the fight. To inprise: As derek says, "watch your back" To sun: Don't ever expect to get respect in the community with moves like this one - and I don't mean the "community" that the pathetic community

Re: That old --zapf dinbats ERROR --- GRRR - CORRECTION

1999-11-29 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
Oops - I jaust realized that I didn't say anything new. I hastily misread your mail previously - sorry for the braindead response :-) -- dimitris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: That old --zapf dinbats ERROR --- GRRR

1999-11-29 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
"John N. Alegre" wrote: > Then I rebooted. argh...argh...argh... You don't have to. How about restarting the font server (xfs)? /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart should do the work (after updating the conf - see below) > I still get the above problem. What am I missing?? I believe that you have t

Re: Speed of IBM's Linux JDK

1999-11-09 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
Peter Schuller wrote: > Hello! > > Quick question: the IBM JDK has shown *very* impressive benchmark results. > Now, in light of the recently postponed release date for potato (Debian), I'm > wondering if this is just a benchmark thing, or if it really "feels" faster > (such as scrolling in Swing

Re: IBM jdk1.1.8 Linux port

1999-11-03 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
Renzo Pecoraro wrote: > Can someone tell me what the differences are between IBMs port and the > blackdown port? I am thinking speed, licensing, stability, etc. speed, speed, speed, speed, speed ... The license is pretty much the same, while I personally find blackdown's green threads more stabl

Re: Re. about Class class

1999-01-03 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
SABYASACHI S GUPTA wrote: > Yup I figured that out ... > but how do I do a typecast when I have the class name in a String > variable during runtime. (I do NOT know the class name to typecast). You don't really have to typecast. Just call your intended method via reflection: ie: use Class.forNa

Re: Arbitrary Precision Arithmetic?

1998-10-09 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
> Take a look at: > > http://gams.nist.gov/javanumerics/ > > and maybe from there: > http://members.xoom.com/znerd/java/jump/index.html > THanx. I think that jump is what I was looking for (but javanumerics looks also interesting and cool) -- Dimitrios Vyzovitis -- I

Arbitrary Precision Arithmetic?

1998-10-08 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
Hi, Has anyone implemented any arbitrary precision arithmetic routines in java? -- Dimitrios Vyzovitis -- Information Processing Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering

String.equals bug ?

1998-10-07 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Compiled Code) at java.lang.Integer.valueOf(Compiled Code) at test.Dump2p2_2.main(Compiled Code) Any ideas ? I am using jdk116v4a and compiled using jikes and javac. -- Dimitrios Vyzovitis -- Information Processing Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: Netscape 4.05 support Java 1.1??

1998-10-02 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
downloading, I also suggest using 4.5b2 Dan Kegel wrote: > Chi-Ming Yang wrote: > >I got netscape 4.05 that came with RedHat 5.1. > >Does it support Java 1.1? ... > > No. You need netscape 4.5pr2, I think. > -- Dimitrios Vyzovitis -- Information Processing La

Re: Write Once Run Anywhere?

1998-10-01 Thread Dimitrios Vyzovitis
out many problems. (the only thing is that I am using NT and not win95...) Don't fear of the bill ;-} -- Dimitrios Vyzovitis -- Information Processing Laboratory [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering http://egnatia.ee.auth.gr/~dviz