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| 663.1 | GYRO::INTERNET_TOOLS | XDELTA::HOFFMAN | Steve, OpenVMS Engineering | Fri May 30 1997 14:48 | 10 |
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Java support is currently available as part of the Netscape Navigator
package, licensed with DECwindows.
There are two parts to Java -- the Java run-time environment, and the
Java development environment. The run-time is presently available.
As for the development environment plans and schedule, I don't know.
(The GYRO::INTERNET_TOOLS conference is the spot where this topic gets
discussed with some regularity.)
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| 663.2 | | EEMELI::MOSER | Orienteers do it in the bush... | Fri May 30 1997 15:28 | 16 |
| this is not entirely correct, there are still some pieces missing
to really say 'the runtime is presently available'.
Runtime as part of the Netscape browser is currently available, but
the interpreter which you need to be able to successfully run Java
applets developped on another platform is still not available on
OpenVMS.
However, the JVM (Java virtual machine) with the JIT compiler etc.
should go into Beta sometime in summer'97 northern hemisphere, so you
need to wait another couple of months to get something going.
For any firm dates, please contact Sue Denham (STAR::DENHAM) the PM for
the Internet Product Suite on OpenVMS.
/cmos
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| 663.3 | Word from the OpenVMS JDK folks | STAR::KENNEY | | Tue Jun 03 1997 10:26 | 29 |
| I got this from one of the folks involved with the Java effort for
OpenVMS. He asked that I post it as he is on the road and does not
have reliable access to this conference.
The only Java that is currently available on the OpenVMS platform is
the version that is embedded in the latest beta version of the Netscape
Navigator for OpenVMS Alpha. This is based on Sun's 1.0.2 Java. You can
download this version of the Navigator from the OpenVMS web site at
www.openvms.digital.com.
We are currently porting Java 1.1 to OpenVMS Alpha, but its going to be
another month or so before you're likely to see betas available. This
product will be the complete JDK including compiler, run time, class
libraries, debugger, applet viewer, etc., and will independent of any
browser.
At this point we do not know if we are ever going to be able to get
Java running on the VAX architecture. Java assumes IEEE floating point
number format is available in the hardware, and unfortunately the VAX
architecture does not provide this. We will be doing our best to try
and find a solution to this problem, but please bear in mind the
following: (a) if a solution is found it will involve performing
floating point format translations; this will make the VAX
implementation even slower than one would expect, and (b) it may turn
out that it just can't be done without native IEEE floating point
support from the hardware.
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| 663.4 | | SETIMC::OSTMAN | http://setimc.soo.dec.com/ostman.html | Tue Jun 03 1997 12:03 | 9 |
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RE: .3
Isn't Java available on StrongARM, how did they get around the lack of
floating point support on that platform? Can you do something similar?
Or was I just dreaming about Java support on StrongARM?
/Kjell
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