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Java 2 for Linux Released & Blackdown Gets Creds

Posted by Hemos on from the credit-where-it's-due dept.

burner writes, "After quite a wait, JDK1.2.2 is released for Linux. You can grab the final release from Sun's site. Sun has also put up bios for the Blackdown guys. Sun's been acting pretty flippy lately, but this is great news. I've been using Blackdown's latest release candidates lately, and they're excellent, but now there's a final release. Nice work guys! "

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  1. Please, Do Not Code Games In Java by mochaone · · Score: 4

    Lest you people forget, there was a horrific accident some months ago when developers tried to code Q uake in Java. Please do not make the same mistakes.

    --
    Hates people who have stupid little sigs
  2. JIT and Java 1.3 by ChrisRijk · · Score: 5
    You may be interested to find that the final release does not (currently) include a JIT JVM, because they were using Inprise's and that's not yet certified. You can download it seperately though.

    There was a JavaLive chat yesterday about the Java on Linux stuff. They haven't put up the transcripts yet though.

    For Java 1.3 from Sun, the Windows version will come out first, then Solaris then Linux. However, they do want to syncronise all releases together and should do this at or before Java 1.4 - might happen first for a maintenance release.

  3. Great, BUT... by kevlar · · Score: 4

    I admire the Blackdown crew, and the work they've done to get the JVM working under Linux. Unfortunately however, its not something I can use to write a professional application if I expect it to work properly.

    I've done a lot of Java development under Linux this year, and I've noticed several things that prevent me from doing serious work with Java (under Linux). For example, rmiregistry crashes without fail for any type of heavily loaded RMI project. Another example is that Thread objects break just as easily, or refuse to start altogether when you spawn multiple Threads (even if there is plenty of memory available). Luckily I have access to a cluster of Ultra5's to test my applications on, which execute almost flawlessly (I've noticed a few quirks with Threads under Solaris as well, but not nearly as bad as under Linux).
    I see the state of the JVM under Linux as being close to a toy. I know all the Blackdown people will probably find this insulting, but unfortunately, I can't do hard-core Java the way I can under Solaris. I do not blame Blackdown in any way for this however. I feel that this is solely Sun's fault.
    Thats my $0.02 on the issue. I love Blackdown, I love Java. Bugs suck.