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KAFFE v0.6.1 - A JIT and interpreting virtual machine to run Java(tm)* code
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KAFFE v0.7.0 - A JIT and interpreting virtual machine to run Java(tm)* code
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*** STOP PRESS !!! ***
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*** "Just-in-time" support for the SPARC architecture ***
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This is Kaffe, a virtual machine design to execute Java bytecode.
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This machine can be configured in two modes. In one mode it operates as
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a pure bytecode interpreter (not unlike Javasoft's machine); in the second
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Java code at the same speed as standard compiled code but while maintaining
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the advantages and flexibility of code independence.
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Who can use Kaffe
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This version of Kaffe is distributed under a Berkeley style license.
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Essentially you can use Kaffe for both personal and commerical purpose, on
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its own or as part of another package (see license.terms for full details).
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Kaffe mailing lists
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A couple of mailing lists are available for information and discussion of
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the Kaffe project. There lists are:
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kaffe@sarc.city.ac.uk - General discussions
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kaffe-announce@sarc.city.ac.uk - Announcements
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To subscribe to these lists send a message containing the word "subscribe"
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to either:
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kaffe-request@sarc.city.ac.uk
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kaffe-announce-request@sarc.city.ac.uk
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depending what you are interested in.
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You can also check out the Kaffe related web pages at:
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http://www.tjwassoc.demon.co.uk/kaffe/kaffe.htm
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Running Kaffe
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This version of Kaffe is not supplied with a copy of Sun's class library.
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This can be obtained from Sun's JDK package (from http://www.javasoft.com) or
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pre-prepaired in kaffe-0.7.0-sun.tgz (from the usual Kaffe ftp sites).
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This version of Kaffe uses the class library from JDK 1.0.2.
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Before running Kaffe it is necessary to configure the environment.
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This requires the setting of CLASSPATH, KAFFEHOME and LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
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For the standard installation these would be defined as follows:
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the standard Java compiler. If all is well, the application should compile
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without incident.
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What's new
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* "Just-in-time" support for the SPARC architecture.
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* New i386 Data General DG/UX port.
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* Various thread fixes, including addition of timeouts.
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* Lots of bug fixes (see Changelog)
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Who can use Kaffe
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=================
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This version of Kaffe is distributed under a Berkeley style license.
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Essentially you can use Kaffe for both personal and commerical purpose, on
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its own or as part of another package (see license.terms for full details).
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Kaffe Web and FTP sites
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=======================
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Kaffe is available from various sites. The primary site is:
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ftp://ftp.sarc.city.ac.uk/pub/kaffe/
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Kaffe mailing lists
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===================
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A couple of mailing lists are available for information and discussion of
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the Kaffe project. There lists are:
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kaffe@sarc.city.ac.uk - General discussions
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kaffe-announce@sarc.city.ac.uk - Announcements
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To subscribe to these lists send a message containing the word "subscribe"
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to either:
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kaffe-request@sarc.city.ac.uk
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kaffe-announce-request@sarc.city.ac.uk
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depending what you are interested in.
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You can also check out the Kaffe related web pages at:
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http://www.tjwassoc.demon.co.uk/kaffe/kaffe.htm
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The state of play
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@@ -88,7 +115,7 @@ Awt
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One major missing component from Kaffe is an implementation of AWT. Work
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on this is being done by others, and their current implementation can be found
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at ftp://slhp1.epfl.ch/pub/sawt-0.4.1.tar.gz. I don't know what the current
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at ftp://slhp1.epfl.ch/pub/sawt-0.4.2.tar.gz. I don't know what the current
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status of this work but you can check at http://slhp1.epfl.ch/sawt.html.
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Java.lang & Java.io
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Chuck Robey