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.
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