[E-Lang] Java 1.3 on Mac OS X

[Mark S. Miller]

At 01:40 AM Thursday 6/14/01, Tyler Close wrote:
>It looks like Apple is claiming a Java 1.3 development environment for Mac OS X. See:
>
>http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/ReleaseNotes/JavaGMWebReleaseNotes.html
>
>http://developer.apple.com/java/
>
>These press releases look a lot more promising than what can be found at the FreeBSD site:
>
>http://www.freebsd.org/java/
>
>Are these separate development efforts?

AFAIK, yes.

>If so, has anyone used the Mac OS X Java? Does it actually work? Can you run E?

Chris Hibbert successfully ported E 0.8.9t to Java 1.3 on Mac OS X, and he 
sent me all the necessary changes.  I will be integrating these changes into 
the next significant release of E.  I expect that, starting with E 0.8.10, 
Mac OS X will be one of the perpetually supported platforms.

>Can you keep a servlet engine running for any length of time?

I don't see why not but I have no idea.  I haven't done any servlet stuff.

>If Mac OS X actually has a working Java 1.3 and a decent browser (they claim IE5), I would be very tempted to switch platforms.

Looks like you're covered on the Java 1.3 front.  I know nothing about Mac 
browsers.


        Cheers,
        --MarkM