Linux FeaturesItems from java.net's Linux community homepage.A Look at GCJ 4.1 (by Mark Wielaard)- February 16, 2006 Version 4.0 of GCJ introduced a new deployment model that made is much easier for distributors to package traditional Java programs as native applications without requiring any source level changes. For version 4.1 of GCJ, this new binary compatibility (BC) ABI has also been used for parts of the core library. This change means that those parts of the core library can easily be upgraded with newer versions by the end user.http://lwn.net/Articles/171139/ Kaffe 10th aniversary!- February 7, 2006 "In Feb 6 1996, Tim Wilkinson released the first version of Kaffe as version 0.1, which is the first independent free and open source implementation of Java Virtual Machine" (by Jim Huang). Note that this was about just a year after Sun released the first Java release!http://www.advogato.org/person/jserv/diary.html?start=5 |