Another free JVM in debian is kissme. Functionality is very similar to sablevm (both use GNU Classpath). The JRVM from IBM should be relatively easy to package for Debian, I haven't got round to it yet. John Leuner On Tue, 2003-04-15 at 14:15, Mark Howard wrote: > On Tue, 2003-04-15 at 11:02, Loïc Minier wrote: > > I'm searching for a page summarizing functionnalities of free JVMs. > > I'd like to find a viable alternative to Sun's JDK, that's why I'd > > like to compare the various free virtual machines available in Debian > > (kaffe, IBM, GNU...). > > Right now, my google queries were unsucessful and I would be glad to > > read about your experience with free JVM or to follow some links. > > Hi, > This keeps changing, so no such page has been produced. What aspects > of the JVMs would you most like to know about? Here are the ones I know > about: > > kaffe: > quite good. Latest cvs is a lot better than the version packaged for > Debian > sablevm: > still quite immature, but has an excellent team behind it. Debian > packages get updated regularly and upstream are very helpful. > gij: > Supports native compilation. I've had a few problems with gij, but some > people think it's the best. Gets better at each release. > IBM - not available in Debian (non-free?) > Blackdown, Sun Excellent, but non-free. > -- > .''`. Mark Howard > : :' : > `. `' http://www.tildemh.com > `- mh@debian.org | mh@tildemh.com | mh344@cam.ac.uk -- John Leuner <jewel@pixie.co.za>
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