by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Thursday June 08, 2000 @12:26AM (#1017341)
BSD's unstable pthreads will no doubt cause problems with any attempted Java implementation.
Now go and read the way green threads (the only threading model the current FreeBSD JDK supports) are implemented. Did you find anything about pthreads in that implementation? No.
I believe this is why there was so much delay in getting Java to BSD. Hopefully they have developed a work-around, possibly by caching the name-server calls.
You believe wrong. The main cause of delay has been lack of support from either Sun or a commercial licensee of the JDK and hence access to things such as the Sun JIT, Java3D, the JCK. Also note that the SCSL doesn't allow a binary release of the JDK without it having passed the JCK and you having permission from Sun.
Re:Unstable Implementation (Score:1)
Now go and read the way green threads (the only threading model the current FreeBSD JDK supports) are implemented. Did you find anything about pthreads in that implementation? No.
I believe this is why there was so much delay in getting Java to BSD. Hopefully they have developed a work-around, possibly by caching the name-server calls.
You believe wrong. The main cause of delay has been lack of support from either Sun or a commercial licensee of the JDK and hence access to things such as the Sun JIT, Java3D, the JCK. Also note that the SCSL doesn't allow a binary release of the JDK without it having passed the JCK and you having permission from Sun.