Robert Lougher <rob.lougher <at> gmail.com> writes: > > Michael Koch <konqueror <at> gmx.de> writes: > > > Please don't use jamvm in general. It's only available on i386, powerpc > > and arm. It's not ported yet to other archs and Porting to 64-bit archs > > is hard due to the 32-bit ugliness in the upstream code. > > > > Better choices are gij, kaffe or sablevm. > > > > And with such ringing endorsements as this I seriously wonder why I spend most > nights and weekends working on JamVM. Of course use the best VM for the job, > but OSS is such a thankless task at the best of times.
I think JamVM is excellent (and could use more developers, for all its kick ass goodness as it is what many people use to hack on GNU Classpath), and I'm sure Michael agrees, too. There is a Debian specific requirement for packaging, that's the unspoken assertion there, which mandates the broad architecture support. That being said, porting a VM around is fun and pretty educational, so if people want to see another nice fast and very lean VM on their architecture, helping out on porting JamVM is a very good idea. And Rob is as responsive and kind as a software maintainer ever gets, I think. > For the record, 64-bit support is the next thing on my TODO list -- I've > recently bought an AMD64 machine specifically to do this. I'm currently > finishing off a port to MacOS X which people have been asking for (sadly only > PPC32 because I don't have a G5 machine, but I do have a mortgage). Perhaps > it's time to re-prioritise my evenings and look at the pile of books I never > get time to read. I'm running into the same problems with arch availability. I have found HP's TestDrive[1] to be quite helpful for porting Kaffe and keeping it in shape on various platforms. That and getting in touch with people who develop on some platform to get an account or two. I can send you more details if you're interested, Rob. cheers, dalibor topic [1] http://www.testdrive.hp.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
